D E L F I N 



MANUEL DELFIN 



Physician; charity worker. 



Manuel Delfin y Zamora was born 

 in Baracoa, Province of Oriente, Cuba, on 

 the twenty-eighth of February, 1849, and 

 began his education in the local public 

 schools. Although in very modest circum- 

 stances his family determined to give him 

 educational advantages. Accordingly he 

 was sent to school in Santiago and later to 

 the Colegio de Belen in Havana where he 

 took many prizes for scholarship. 



During these years, struggling with pov- 

 erty, young Delfin tutored in private fam- 

 ilies and even worked as a servant. He 

 finally entered a private Colegio as pupil- 

 teacher but unhappy conditions forced him 

 to leave. Returning to Baracoa, he taught 

 for two years in the public schools, then 

 entered upon a pharmaceutical course in 

 the University of Havana. 



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