Background
MASSIP, Salvador was born on April 19, 1891 in province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
MASSIP, Salvador was born on April 19, 1891 in province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.
Educated Institute de Santa Clara. Ph.D., University de La Habana, 1915.
Professor; Assistant in anthropology, University de La Habana, 1912, professor of history, 1924, professor, of geography since 1927. Professor of geography and history, Institute de Matanzas, 1916, Escuela de Cadetes del Morro, since 1920. Delegate, International Congress of Geography and History, Seville, 1921, 3d Pan American Congress, Lima, 1924, International Geography Congress, Amsterdam, 1938.
1st president, Pan American Institute of Geography and History, 1929. Ambassador to Mexico, 1933. Founding member, Partido Revolucionario Cubano, 1934.
Political prisoner, 1935, and exile in Mexico. Professor., University Nacional de México, 1935-1937. Exchange professor., University of Miami (Florida), 1941-1942.
Professor., Smith College. (Northampton, Massachusetts), 1933-1944, University de Puerto Rico, 1946-1947. Professor., Escuela Superior de Guerra, 1946.
Member national edn. council, 1942. Member: Society Geográfica de Cuba (president).