Eusebio Hernández Pérez
Cuban guerilla and doctor (1853–1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eusebio Hernández Pérez (18 January 1853 – 23 November 1933) was a Cuban eugenicist, obstetrician, and mambí in the Ten Years' War, Little War, and Cuban War of Independence. He reached the rank of brigadier general in the Ejército Mambí and was professor at the University of Havana. Sarduy Nápoles named him "The Father of Cuban Obstetrics".[1] He and Domingo Ramos Delgado posited the idea of homiculture, which integrated into the eugenics movement with the two diverging in thought.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
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Eusebio Hernández Pérez | |||||||
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Other name(s) | "Father of Cuban Obstetrics" | ||||||
Born | (1853-01-18)18 January 1853 Colón, Captaincy General of Cuba, Spanish Empire | ||||||
Died | 23 November 1933(1933-11-23) (aged 80) Havana, Republic of Cuba | ||||||
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Allegiance | Ejército Mambí | ||||||
Years of service | 1869 1897–1898 | ||||||
Rank | Brigadier general of health | ||||||
Known for | Homicultura, contributions to obstetrics | ||||||
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Spouse(s) | Ángeles Mesa de Hernández | ||||||
Children | Eusebio Adolfo Hernández |
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