DE ARANGO 



FRANCISCO DE ARANGO 



Official; man of affairs. 



Francisco de Arango y Mantilla is a 

 scion of one of the most distinguished Cuban 

 families, grandson of the eminent don Fran- 

 cisco de Arango y Parreno whose services to 

 his country were so numerous and so con- 

 spicuous that on the petition of the Ayunta- 

 miento of Havana the Spanish Government 

 granted him the title of "Marques de la 

 Gratitud. " Arango was born at Guanaba- 

 coa, and entered the University of Havana 

 where in the years 1884-188 5 he gained the 

 degrees of Doctor of Civil and Canon Laws 

 and Doctor of Philosophy and Letters. 



In 1885 Dr. Arango was made Assistant 

 Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy and 

 Letters and in the same year began the 

 practice of his profession, but the death of 

 his parents in 1889 compelled him to aban- 



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