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Fermín Tangüis
Puerto Rican businessman
Fermín Tangüis | |
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developer of the Tanguis cotton seed which saved Peru's cotton industry. | |
| Born | March 29, 1851 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Died | August 24, 1930(1930-08-24) (aged 79) Lima, Peru |
Fermín Tangüis (March 29, 1851 – August 24, 1930), was a Puerto Rican businessman, farmer, and scientist who developed the seed that would eventually produce the Tanguis cotton in Peru and save that nation's cotton industry.
Early years
Tangüis' father, Henri Tangüis, emigrated from France to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he met and married a young Spanish Puerto Rican girl by the name of Justa Uncal. Tangüis was born in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, and there he received his primary and secondary education.
Tangüis moved to Cuba to pursue a university degree; however when the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) broke out in that island, he decided that it would be best to move to South America.[1]
He moved to Li