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Blanche Zacharie Hutchings
Jane Blanche Zacharie Hutchings de Baralt (1865/66–1950) was an American-Cuban lecturer, writer and translator. She was the first woman to receive a degree in philosophy from the University of Havana and the first person to translate Rabindranath Tagore into Spanish. In a 1931 cookbook, she provided an early recipe for the mojito cocktail. Life Jane Blanche Zacharie Hutchings was born in New York City, New York. Most sources give her year of birth as 1865, but according to one source she was born on September 17, 1866. Her father was a perfumier of Polish ancestry, and her mother was from New Jersey. She was sent to France for her primary education before continuing study in the United States. On 15 December 1886 she married Luis Alejandro Baralt y Peoli, a Cuban physician, journalist, diplomat and linguist in New York. They lived in New York, until moving to Havana in 1900. In 1902 she became the first women to be awarded a philosophy PhD from the University of Havana. In 1913 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Cookery 1931
Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban citizen, a person who is part of the Cuban population, see Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Spanish Cuban Spanish is the variety of the Spanish language as it is spoken in Cuba. As a Caribbean variety of Spanish, Cuban Spanish shares a number of features with nearby varieties, including coda weakening and neutralization, non-inversion o ..., the dialect of Cuba * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban cigar, often referred to as "Cubans" * Cuban culture * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich * Cuban-eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * Cuban Missile Crisis * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
