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he was elected Corresponding Member of 

 the Hispanic Society of America. 



Dr. Dihigo has many times been dele- 

 gate to foreign congresses and celebrations: 

 official representative of the University of 

 Havana on the occasion of the third Cen- 

 tenary of the University of Oviedo, Spain; 

 official delegate from the University and 

 from the Cuban Government to the first 

 Centenary celebration in Mexico; official 

 University and governmental delegate at 

 the 1 6th Congress of Orientalists convened 

 in Athens in 191 2 ; delegate at the Jubilee of 

 the National University of Greece in the 

 same year. 



Although several times offered govern- 

 mental appointments, Dr. Dihigo has not 

 found their acceptance consistent with his 

 many duties, but he did for a time act as 

 member of the Havana City Council. 

 During that term he corrected, by request 

 of the Council, errors that had been noticed 

 in the Latin inscription upon a stone tablet 

 in the Templete. He is a member of the 

 Literary Section of the A teneo. 



In 1894 Dihigo came under the surveil- 



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