Federico Henríquez y Carvajal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Henríquez and the second or maternal family name is Carvajal.

Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (16 September 1848 – 4 February 1952) was a writer, journalist and teacher from the Dominican Republic.

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 [es], 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]

References

1. Read, Jaime (21 August 2010). "Familias Capitaleñas: Los Henríquez (1 de 3)" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
2. Read, Jaime (4 September 2010). "Familias Capitaleñas: Los Henríquez (2 de 3)" (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
3. "Federico Henríquez y Carvajal". Educando.edu.do (in Spanish). September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

Academic offices
First	Chairman of the Dominican Academy of History 1931–1944	Succeeded by Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha