Federico Henríquez y Carvajal

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Henríquez and the second or maternal family name is Carvajal.) Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (Santo Domingo, 16 September 1848– ibidem, 4 February 1952) was a writer, journalist and teacher from the Dominican Republic. Henríquez y Carvajal was the son of Noel Henríquez Altías, a Sephardic Jew from Curaçao, and Clotilde Carvajal Fernández, who descended from the last surviving Tainos in Hispaniola; he had 10 siblings, including Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal who was President of the Dominican Republic.

Federico Henríquez y Carvajal

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Henríquez and the second or maternal family name is Carvajal.) Federico Henríquez y Carvajal (Santo Domingo, 16 September 1848– ibidem, 4 February 1952) was a writer, journalist and teacher from the Dominican Republic. Henríquez y Carvajal was the son of Noel Henríquez Altías, a Sephardic Jew from Curaçao, and Clotilde Carvajal Fernández, who descended from the last surviving Tainos in Hispaniola; he had 10 siblings, including Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal who was President of the Dominican Republic.