D I H 1 G O 



JUAN MIGUEL DIHIGO 



Teacher; linguist. 



Juan Miguel Dihigo y Mestre was 

 born in Havana on the eighth of May, 1866. 

 He received his secondary education in the 

 Colegio de "Belen, " a Jesuit school, where 

 through his conduct and application he 

 won many prizes. During these school 

 days he was winner in a competition in the 

 English Language in which the students of 

 the several secondary schools of the city 

 were included. Upon terminating his 

 studies for the Bachelorate in 1882 he 

 entered the University of Havana and pur- 

 sued simultaneously the courses in Phil- 

 osophy and Letters and in Law, receiving 

 the Licentiate in both departments in 

 1884, the Doctorate of Philosophy and 

 Letters in 1888, and that of Civil and 

 Canon Law in 1898. 



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