Antonio Núñez Jiménez

Biography


20-APR-1923		born in Alquízar, Havana Province.
1950		received his first doctorate from the University of Havana.
195?		received his second from doctorate the Lomonosov University of Moscow.
1954		wrote Geography of Cuba.
1954		led the first expedition to the Great Cavern of Santo Tomás.
1958		awarded the Certificate of Merit of the NSS for his exploration and study of Cuban caves.
1961		became Minister of Agrarian Reform.
1984		the Escuela Nacional de Speleologia founded in the in the Pinar del Rio province and dedicated to him.
13-SEP-1998		died.

Antonio Núñez Jiménez (1954): Geography of Cuba, Lex. Havana.
Antonio Núñez Jiménez (1986): El libro de piedra de Toro Muerto, Habana, Cuba. RAR 13-402.