RODRIGUEZ, Jose Ignacio, Cuban-Amer ican lawyer and author: b. Havana, Cuba, 11 Nov. 1831; d. Washington D. C., I Feb. 1907. He was educated at the university of Havana and studied American law under Caleb Cush ing. In 1855 he was admitted to the bar at Havana and in the same year was appointed supernumerary professor of philosophy at the university there. In 1856 he became professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the Pre paratory Technical School of Havana; in 1863 professor of natural philosophy and chemistry, Havana Institute; in 1864 judge of the Belea district, and in 1866 inspector-general and mem ber of the superior board ofpublic instruction. In 1869 he removed to the United States and in 1890 was secretary to the International Amer ican Conference and in 1891 secretary to the International American Monetary Commission. At Paris in 1898 Dr. Rodriguez acted as private
adviser in matters of Spanish law to the Amer ican Peace Commission. In 1902-03 he was sec retary to the United States delegation to the Pan-American Conference at Mexico City. He was at one time chief translator and head of the Spanish department of the International Bureau of American Republics and at the time of his death was chief translator and librarian of the Columbus Memorial Library. He pub lished 'Vida de Don Jose de la Luz y Caballero' (1874) ; 'Vida del Presbitero Don Felix Varela' (1878) ; 'Estudio historic° sobre el origen, desenvolvimiento y manifestaciOnes practicas de la idea de la anexiOn de Cuba a los Estados Unidos de America' (1901), and contributions to the 'Catholic Encyclopedia,' The Forum, American Catholic Quarterly Review, etc.