He was a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, librarian and founding member of the Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Havana. Possessing a vast culture, his mastery of different languages allowed him to venture into the work of translating several scientific texts into Spanish.

Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Havana

The Royal Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Havana was officially established by order of the Spanish Crown through a document issued in Madrid on November 6, 1860. Its solemn inauguration took place a year later, on May 14, 1861, in the auditorium of the University of Havana. Thus culminated a process of almost 40 years of intense negotiations of a group of Creoles before the peninsular authorities. After meeting in several places in Havana, including the houses of its directors, the Institution was installed in the old convent of San Agustín, at 460 Cuba Street.