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

Biography

Born in

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, Henríquez y Carvajal was the son of Noel Henríquez Altías, a Dutch Sephardic Jew from

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, and Clotilde Carvajal Fernández, a Dominican woman; he had 10 siblings, including

Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal Francisco Hilario Henríquez y Carvajal (14 January 1859 – 6 February 1935) was a medical doctor, lawyer, writer, educator and politician from the Dominican Republic, who was President of the Dominican Republic from July 1916 to November 1916. ...

, who was President of the Dominican Republic. Henríquez was uncle of Francisco,

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, , 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. Henríquez was Rector of the

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and Chairman of the Dominican Academy of History. He also was Justice-President of the

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and Minister of Home Affairs.

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People from Santo Domingo Dominican Republic male writers Dominican Republic journalists Male journalists Academic staff of Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo Dominican Republic people of Spanish descent Dominican Republic people of Jewish descent Dominican Republic people of Dutch-Jewish descent 1848 births 1952 deaths Government ministers of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic men centenarians Dominican Republic people of Curaçao descent Jewish centenarians {{DominicanRepublic-writer-stub