Escuela Jose Gabriel Garcia

José Gabriel García (Santo Domingo, January 13, 1834 - Santo Domingo, January 19, 1910) was a Dominican military, historian, politician, journalist, and publicist. He is considered a cultural pioneer as well as the "Father of Dominican History" .1 He is the author of the "Compendium of the History of Santo Domingo" written in four volumes in 1867, 1887, 1900 and 1906 respectively and made numerous contributions in the area of ​​culture, literature and education.2 3 He was the founder of the first Dominican university, the Professional Institute (today the University of Santo Domingo), co-founder of the first printing and private publishing company in the country, García Hermanos and founder of the country's first cultural society, "Los Amantes de Las Letras ", responsible for establishing the first Dominican theater and publishing the first Dominican cultural newspaper" El Oasis ", as well as the first Dominican magazine.

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