Adolfo de Hostos [SEP] date of birth
Adolfo de Hostos
Adolfo de Hostos (born 1887) served in the mid twentieth century, from January 1936 to 1950, as the fifth Official Historian of Puerto Rico, a position created in March, 1903, by the Puerto Rico Legislature.
De Hostos had served in the Army and as military aide to Gov. Arthur Yeager before his appointment by Gov. Blanton Winship.
His most prominent publication is "Ciudad Murada", the history of the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the United States' oldest city
later allow to date the philologist's visit to 1880 and placed the original date of discovery sometime during the late 1870s. During this decade, Samuel Kirkland Lothrop visited Puerto Rico and took some pieces.
Archeologist Adolfo de Hostos visited Nazario in San Juan, where he was told the now-popular origin story. Taking some pieces with him, Hostos was still not convinced that the Collection (which at this point he estimates rounds the 700 pieces) possessed cuneiform characters, but still felt that it required detailed study. With