HUERTA 



SANTIAGO DE LA HUERTA 



Physician; teacher. 



Santiago de la Huerta y Ponce de 

 Leon was born in Cuba, City of Matanzas, 

 on the sixth of April, 1870. He received his 

 secondary and technical education in Ha- 

 vana, first at the Colegio Gran Antilla, and 

 then at the University. He took the de- 

 gree of Bachelor of Arts in 1886, was made 

 a Licentiate in Natural Sciences with first 

 honors in 1890, Doctor of Natural Sciences, 

 with first honors, in 1891, and became Li- 

 centiate in Medicine and Surgery in 1892. 

 From 1890 to 1897 he was Assistant Cura- 

 tor in the Museum of Natural History 

 of Havana University. In 1893 he was 

 named, after competition, to be Associate 

 Professor in the Santa Clara Institute of 

 Secondary Education. In 1894 he was 

 made Associate Professor in the Free 



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