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in 1 910 found Pleistocene fossils in the 

 central region of the island, restoring a 

 Megalocnus rodens, discoveries which were 

 submitted to the judgment of the Eleventh 

 Geological Congress at Stockholm in 191 1. 



The Cuban Government has committed 

 to de la Torre the revision and publication 

 of Ictiologia cubana by the illustrious natu- 

 ralist Poey, a work in which Dr. Canizares 

 is collaborating. 



The Academy of Science of Havana in 

 191 1 raised him to the category of member 

 "de merito. " He has been since 1901 

 corresponding member of the Academy of 

 Science of Philadelphia and since 191 1 

 corresponding member of the Spanish 

 Academy of Science, and life member of the 

 Museum of Natural History of New York. 



In 191 2 Harvard University conferred 

 upon him the honorary title Doctor of Sci- 

 ence, characterizing him as "statesman and 

 naturalist, first in the knowledge of mol- 

 lusks of the Gulf of Mexico, discoverer of 

 fossils which have revolutionized the geolog- 

 ical history of Cuba." In recognition of 

 this honor to their co-worker the University 



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