CORONADO 



FRANCISCO DE PAULA CORONADO 

 Y ALVARO 



Historian; literary man; 

 educator. 



Francisco de Paula Coronada y 

 Alvaro was born in Havana on the eighth 

 of January, 1870, of distinguished ancestry 

 on both sides. His father D. Augustin 

 Coronado y Piloiia claimed direct descent 

 from the Coronado who was conqueror of 

 Costa Rica and the Coronado who explored 

 parts of North America in 1540. 



He entered when very young the Colegio 

 11 La. Educacion, " and later attended "San 

 Francisco," the " Real Colegio de San Fer- 

 nando" and "Belen" where he followed 

 the courses required for the Bachelorate. 

 In Havana University he studied Civil and 

 Administrative Law and also Philosophy, 

 Letters, and Pedagogy. 



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