 eugenio marÃ­a de hostos (january 11, 1839 â august 11, 1903), known as "el gran ciudadano de las amÃ©ricas" ("the great citizen of the americas"), was a puerto rican educator, philosopher, intellectual, lawyer, sociologist, and puerto rican independence advocate. ==early years and family== hostos (birth name:eugenio marÃ­a de hostos y de bonilla) was born into a well-to-do family in barrio "rÃ­o caÃ±as" of mayagÃ¼ez, puerto rico. his parents were don eugenio marÃ­a de hostos y rodrÃ­guez (1807â1897) and doÃ±a marÃ­a hilaria de bonilla y cintrÃ³n (died 1862, madrid, spain).chronology of eugenio marÃa de hostosbiography the hostos family surname (originally ostos) came from the castile region of spain when don eugenio de ostos y del valle, born ecija, seville, spain, moved to camagÃ¼ey, cuba, and married, in 1736, doÃ±a marÃ­a josefa del castillo y aranda. it was their son don juan josÃ© de ostos y del castillo who settled in mayagÃ¼ez, puerto rico.genealogÃ­a de don eugenio marÃ­a de hostos at a young age his family sent him to study in the capital of the island san juan,welcome to puerto rico! where he received his elementary education in the liceo de san juan. in 1852, his family then sent him to bilbao, spain, where he graduated from the institute of secondary education (high school).short biography on hostos after he graduated, he enrolled and attended the complutense university of madrid. he studied law, philosophy and letter
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