R I V E R O 



MANUEL RIVERO Y GANDARA 



Agriculturist; public man. 



Manuel Rivero y Gandara was born 

 in the city of Cienfuegos, Province of 

 Santa Clara, Cuba, on the third day of 

 January, 1874. He received his primary 

 schooling in the Colegio "San Carlos" and 

 prepared for the Bachelorate in the Colegio 

 of "Monserrat," Cienfuegos, and the In- 

 stitute of Secondary Education in Santa 

 Clara, the degree being granted him in the 

 latter school in the year 1890. 



He pursued in the University of Deusto 

 (Bilbao, Spain) the studies preparatory to 

 entrance in the famous Polytechnic School 

 of Madrid in which institution, as well as 

 the special School of Roads, Canals, and 

 Ports, he was a student. 



Since his return to Cuba he has devoted 

 himself to agriculture and to public life. 



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