G O M E Z 



JUAN GUALBERTO GOMEZ 



Journalist; public man. 



Juan Gualberto Gomez was born at 

 the sugar plantation "El Vellocino, " 

 Province of Matanzas, on the twelfth of 

 July, 1854. From an early age he was 

 active in the campaigns for the liberty of 

 Cuba, writing on the subject for various 

 papers. 



He later went to Paris and entered the 

 Escuela Central de Ingenieros, but having 

 to earn his living he went into newspaper 

 work on the editorial staff of V Evcne- 

 ment. Later he travelled as a teacher 

 through the French Antilles and from there 

 to Mexico; then, going to Havana, he 

 went into the offices of La Discusion as 

 editor. 



Subsequently he spent nearly ten years 

 in Madrid, the first part of that time being 



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