Federico Henríquez y Carvajal
Dominican writer, journalist and teacher
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Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (16 September 1848 – 4 February 1952) was a Dominican writer, journalist and teacher.
Biography
Born in Santo Domingo, Henríquez y Carvajal was the son of Noel Henríquez Altías, a Dutch Sephardic Jew from Curaçao, and Clotilde Carvajal Fernández, a Dominican woman; he had 10 siblings, including Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal, who was President of the Dominican Republic.[1] Henríquez was uncle of Francisco, Pedro, Max, and Camila Henríquez Ureña.
He was married to Carmen María Amalia García Ricardo and had 10 children: Ángel Porfirio, Flor de María Gregoria, Fernando Abel, Luz, Carmela, Enriquillo, Federico Noel, Luis Adolfo, Salvador Colombino, and Carmita María Adelina.[2]
Henríquez was Rector of the University of Santo Domingo and Chairman of the Dominican Academy of History. He also was Justice-President of the Supreme Court of the Dominican Republic and Minister of Home Affairs.[3]
