Patriot and Humanist: In memory of the Cuban scientist Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring (1889—1964)

Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring is a prominent Cuban historian, sociologist, lawyer, publisher and public figure. E. Roig de Leuchsenring’s work, filled with deep patriotism and humanism, was devoted to the study of Cuba’s historical past and present. His historical writings have made an important contribution to the fight against the distortion and falsification of the country’s history and laid the foundations for the progressive democratic anti- imperialist historiography of Cuba’s history.