Juan Bruno Zayas

Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso (June 8th, 1867 - July 30th, 1896) was a Cuban military leader and doctor of the Cuban War of Independence.

Biography Early years and medical career Zayas was born on June 8, 1867, in Havana. He was the brother of Dr. Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso and Dr. Francisco de Zayas, who was the Ambassador of Cuba in Paris and Brussels.

His bachelor's degree was issued to him in 1886 and he managed to enroll in the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Havana in the 1885–86 academic year. But during his medical studies his father died and he was very emotionally affected and one of his uncles, Francisco Javier, who was a doctor and university professor, was practically his tutor until the culmination of his medical career. Graduated from his profession, he decided to practice medicine in the rural area of the Island.

Cuban War of Independence At the beginning of the Cuban War of Independence, on February 24, 1895, Zayas was one of those who supported as a young doctor and at only 27 years old joined the Cuban Revolutionary Army.