Fernando Valdés Aguirre

Francisco Calcagno Monzón
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He was born in Güines on May 30, 1837. He studied Pharmacy in Paris, distinguishing in his profession and in his literary endeavor, cultivating poetry and journalism.

He belonged to the Academy of Medical, Physics and Natural Sciences of Havana and to Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País (Economic Society Friends of the Country), publishing several works among them, Apuntes sobre la historia de Cuba primitiva (Notations About the History of Primitive Cuba) and Cursó Elemental de Química (Chemistry Basic Course) and in collaboration with Marcos J. Melero the study entitled Cuadro de hidrología cubana (Cuban Hydrology Chart).

He died in 1871.

Translated by the staff of Círculo Güinero de Los Ángeles

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