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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Ramon Emeterio Betances, Ashutosh Tewari, William James Wanless, Douglas Scherr, Daoud Hanania, Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Ivan Engler, Syed Modasser Ali, Shahrokh Shariat, Sergio Lais-Suarez, Kefah Mokbel, P. K. R. Warrier, Debraj Shome, William George Dismore Upjohn, Joseph Benjamin Stenbuck, Kali Chaudhuri, Qiu Fazu, Rafael Espada, Dolgin Stephen, Peter Amollo Odhiambo, Dermatologic surgeon, Walter Cooper Dendy, James Atkinson, Susan Lim, Erik Amdrup, Miros aw Vitali, Carl Garre, Vandana Jain, Augustin Jacob Landre-Beauvais, David Berry Hart, Abdul Qayum Tutakhail, Jacques-Louis Reverdin, John Andree, Frane Vinko Golem, Fritz Katz, Eugen Polya, Niko Miljani, Rudolf Ulrich Kronlein, John Bancroft, Ian McClure, Fritz de Quervain, Antyllus, Dimitrios Pitsinis, Thomas Pickering Pick, William Miller Ord, Donato LaRossa, Reichel-Polya Operation, Gordon Brody, John Wright, Max Sandreczky. Excerpt: Ramon Emeterio Betances y Alacan (April 8, 1827 - September 16, 1898) was a Puerto Rican nationalist. He was the primary instigator of the Grito de Lares revolution, and as such, is considered to be the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Since the Grito galvanized a burgeoning nationalist movement among Puerto Ricans, Betances is also considered "El Padre de la Patria" (Father of the Puerto Rican Nation). Because of his many donations and help to people in need, he also became known as "The Father of the Poor." Betances was also the most renowned medical doctor and surgeon of his time in Puerto Rico, and one of its first social hygienists. He had established a successful surgery and ophthalmology practice. Betances was also a diplomat, public health administrator, poet and novelist. He served as representative and contact for Cuba and the Dominican Republic in Paris. A firm believer in Freemasonry, his political...
