D E R O J A S 



CARLOS M. de ROJAS 



Soldier; official; man of 

 affairs. 



Carlos de Rojas was born on the four- 

 teenth of March, 1862, in Cardenas. Here 

 he gained his early education, going on to 

 the Colegio of Esculapius in Guanabacoa 

 where he completed the course required 

 for the Bachelor's degree and proceeded to 

 the University. After two years' study of 

 law, de Rojas left the University to visit 

 the United States and spent a year at 

 Harvard University where he had the 

 privilege of studying under the poet Long- 

 fellow. 



On leaving the United States de Rojas 

 went to Santo Domingo where he devoted 

 himself to business, but in 1883 he returned 

 to Cuba and settled in Cardenas to develop 

 certain special business interests. In 1884, 

 he was made Vice Consul for the Dominican 



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