F A I L L A C Q 



JORGE NAVARRO FAILLACQ 



Teacher; bacteriologist. 



Jorge Navarro Faillacq was born on 

 the twelfth of May, 1888, in the city of 

 Cienfuegos and there in the Colegio of the 

 Jesuit Fathers gained his early education. 

 Having obtained the Bachelor's degree in 

 1905 he continued his studies at the Uni- 

 versity of Havana where he won the degree 

 of Engineer of Agronomy in 19 10 and that 

 of Civil Engineer in 191 1. 



From 1908 until 191 1 he occupied the 

 position of Assistant in the School of 

 Sciences in the University. From 191 1 to 

 1 91 2 he was Chief Engineer in the office of 

 Plans and Projects of the Department of 

 Agriculture. In 191 2 he won, in competi- 

 tive examination, Chair "H" in the Agri- 

 cultural School of Matanzas and was the 

 first Director until 1914. In 1915 he ob- 



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