Vicente Geigel Polanco (May 1, 1904 – April 30, 1979) was a lawyer, writer and a former

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Early life and education

Vicente Géigel Polanco was born on May 1, 1904, in

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, he studied at the school Isabela Primary School, secondary school at Colegio José de Diego and high school at Central High School in

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. Did his studies in law were carried out in the

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where he earned a juris doctor.biblioteca.rrp.upr.edu/BIB-COL/CPR/Vicente-Geigel.pdf

Career

By 1929 he held the position of secretary of the

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. In 1934 he helped found the Puerto Rican Academy of History. Among its many activities e collaborated in the organization of the Popular Institute of Free Education. In the decade of the thirties linked him in the top leadership of the Popular Democratic Party, in addition to He served as a professor of Law and in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the

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References

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