Antonio Núñez Jiménez
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Leads of the memorial march in Havana on 5 May 1960, for the victims of the La Coubre freight ship explosion (Jimenez: right)
Antonio Núñez Jiménez (April 20, 1923 – September 13, 1998) was a Cuban revolutionary and academic.
Núñez was born in Alquízar, Havana Province. In 1950, he received his first doctorate from the University of Havana, and later received a second doctorate from the Lomonosov Moscow State University of Moscow. In 1954, he authored Geography of Cuba, that replaced Levi Marrero’s Geografía de Cuba as a standard educational text in Cuba.
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With Che Guevara and his daughter Hilda, 4 years old, in 1960.
Núñez served as captain in the revolutionary forces of Che Guevara and as Minister of Agrarian Reform.
Death[]
Núñez died on September 13, 1998. His work is highly respected in Cuban government circles.
References[]
- Núñez Jiménez, Antonio, 1959, Geografía de Cuba. Lex. Havana.
- Marrero, Levi, 1981, 5th edition "Geografía de Cuba" La Moderna Poesía, Coral Gables Florida.
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Categories:
- Cuban revolutionaries
- 1923 births
- 1998 deaths
- People of the Cuban Revolution
- University of Havana alumni