Adán Cárdenas
Adán Cárdenas | |
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President of Nicaragua | |
In office 1 March 1883 – 1 March 1887 | |
Preceded by | Joaquín Zavala |
Succeeded by | Evaristo Carazo |
Personal details | |
Born | Adán Cárdenas del Castillo 7 June 1836 Granada, Federal Republic of Central America |
Died | 1 January 1916 Rivas, Nicaragua | (aged 79)
Nationality | Nicaraguan |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse | Gertrudis Martínez Solórzano |
Relatives | René Cárdenas (Grandson) |
Alma mater | University of Pisa |
Occupation | Physician, Politician |
Adán Cárdenas del Castillo (7 June 1836 – 1 January 1916) was a
Conservative Party of Nicaragua
.
Cárdenas was born in the colonial city of
Lake Cocibolca in Nicaragua. He and his parent moved to Italy for some time in 1852, where he attended the National school of Genoa and received a doctorate in medicine at the University of Pisa in Tuscany. He returned to Nicaragua in 1862.[3]
Family
He was married to Gertrudis Martínez Solórzano, daughter of
Tomás Martínez Guerrero, 36th President of Nicaragua, and wife Gertrudis Solórzano Zavala. His grandson, René Cárdenas, became the first Spanish-language announcer to cover Major League Baseball.[4]
References
- ^ "Gobernantes de Nicaragua". Ministerio de Educación. 9 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Adán Cárdenas". MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ "El DR. Cardenas y el Coronel Carazo" (PDF). La Ilustración Española y Americana (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ Baxter, Kevin (1995-06-18). "THE SUNDAY PROFILE : Wins & Losses : Rene Cardenas brought baseball to millions with his pioneering broadcasts in Spanish. Now, shaken by tough times, he clings to his claim to the Hall of Fame - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-01-08.