Ramón+Power

Ramón Power was born in 1775 in Puertorico. He was famous historian.That fought for the iqual representation of puertorico in the corts of Cádiz in 1812. Ramón Power was born in San Juan [|,] Puertorico to Joaquín Power y Morgan, an Irish immigrant who came to Puerto Rico in connection with the // Compañía de Asiento de Negros // which regulated the slave trade in the island, and María Josefa Giralt, a local Puerto Rican girl. In San Juan he received his primary education at a private school. In 1788, when he was 13 years old, he was sent to Bilbao, Spain, to continue his educational studies. Both Puerto Rico and Spain have honored Power's memory, by naming several avenues after him. San Juan also has a school named after Power the "Ramon Power Y Giralt School" located in Calle Loiza Final. His former residence was restored and currently houses the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust in Old San Juan Power's contemporary, Jose Campeche, honored him in a painting entitled // The Shipwreck of Power //. Graphic artist Lorenzo Homar also dedicated one of his artistic works to Ramón Power. Finally he died in 1813 one year later from the contitution of Cádiz in 1812.