10 Facts About Emilio Prud'Homme

Emilio Prud'Homme y Maduro was a Dominican lawyer, writer, and educator.

Emilio Prud'Homme is attributed with helping establish a national identity, for what was at the time a nascent republic.

Emilio Prud'Homme was born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic on August 20,1856, to Ana Maduro and Gen.

Emilio Prud'Homme excelled in teaching, an activity to which he devoted most of his life.

Emilio Prud'Homme married Manuela Batista on August 19,1880, and had one daughter: Ana Emilia Prud'Homme.

Emilio Prud'Homme was a legislator in the Congress of the Dominican Republic.

Emilio Prud'Homme served as the President of Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic in 1900 and 1901.

Emilio Prud'Homme served as the Secretary of Justice and Social Instruction in the administration of Francisco Henriquez y Carvajal.

Emilio Prud'Homme was publicly critical of the United States occupation and as a result was forced to resign his teaching post.

Emilio Prud'Homme later modified his work in 1897, when it began to be used at official state functions.