TIMELINE OF JOSE PROTACIO MERCADO RIZAL y ALONZO REALONDA

Birth, Ancestry,
Childhood
(1861 1869)
1861 (June 16) named
after San Jose
*Wednesday, moonlit
*Calamba, Laguna
(June 22) *Baptismal Day (Fr. Rufino Collantes)
Influences:
1. Hereditary
2. Environmental
3. Aid of Divine
Providence
*Francisco Mercado and Teodora
Alonzo
*Children: SPNOLMJCJTS
*Rizal a field of wheat
*Principalia(private library and a
carriage)
*Spare the rod and spoil the child.
*Death of Concha: Rizals First Sorrow
*The Story of the Moth
Formal Search
for Knowledge

4 Rs: Reading,
Writing,
Arithmetic, and
Religion

1
st
Teacher:
Rizals Mother
June 1869
December 1872
*Bian: Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz
*Painting lessons: Juancho (father-in-
law)
Cavite Mutiny (January 20, 1870)
Execution of GOMBURZA (Feb. 17,
1872)
Injustice to his mother
June 10, 1872 1877
Ateneo Municipal
(ADMU)
*Entrance exam: Colegio San Juan de
Letran
*Jesuit education: rigid and discipline
*Prophecy of Mothers release
*Interests in reading:
Universal History by Cesar Cants
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander
Dumas
*Best Professor: Fr. Francisco Paula de
Sanchez
*Extra-Curricular:
Secretary of Marian Congregation
member of Academy of Spanish
Literature and of Natural Sciences
*Sculptural works:
Image of Virgin Mary (batikuling)
Image of Sacred Heart of Jesus (Fr.
Lleonart)
*Poems:
Mi Primera Inspiracion
other religious poems and about
education
*First Romance: Batanguena Segunda
Katigbak (14 yr. old)
Medical Studies at
UST
April 1877 1882
*Philosophy and Letters and
Medicine
*Finished Surveying (Perito
Agrimensor):1881
*Romances with other girls:
Miss L,
Leonor Orang Valenzuela
Leonor Taimis Rivera
*Victim of Spanish brutality
*Liceo Artistico-Literario:
A la Juventud Filipina (1879)
El Consejo de los Dioses (1880)
Compaerismo: (Companions of
Jehu)

March 1882 June
1887
FIRST TRAVEL ABROAD

First
Homecoming
(1887
1888)
July 3, 1887 July
30, 1887
Djemnah: Marseilles to Saigon
August 5, 1887 Haiphong: Manila
August 8, 1887
1. To operate
on his mothers
eyes
2. To serve his
people who has
long been
oppressed by
Spanish tyrants
3. To find out for
himself how Noli
and his other
writings were
affecting the
Filipinos and
Spaniards in the
Philippines
4. To inquire why
Leonor Rivera
remained silent
*Established a medical clinic Dr.
Uliman Php 5,000
*Could not perform surgical
operation
*Encouraged townmates in
gymnastics, fencing, and shooting
*Bodyguard: Lt. Jose Taviel de
Andrade
*Attackers of Noli: Fr. Salvador Font
and Fr. Jose Rodriguez
*Death of his sister Olimpia
*Calambas Agrarian Problem (Friar
Hacienda 1883)
*Wrote poem Himno al Trabajo

February 1886
June 1892
SECOND TRAVEL ABROAD
Second
Homecoming
(1892)
The battlefield is
in the Philippines
June 26, 1892
June 28, 1892
*With Lucia returned to Manila
(Noon) and met Gov. Despujol
*Visited his friends
July 3, 1892 *Founding of La Liga Filipina (KKK
and Cuerpo de Comprimisarios)
Motto: Unus Instar Omnium (One
Like All)
July 6, 1892 Arrested and jailed in Fort Santiago
: Pobres Frailes
July 15, 1892 July
17, 1892 (12:30
AM)
Cebu steamer for deportation in
Dapitan
Exile in
Dapitan
(1892
1896)
July 17, 1892
1896
Jurisdiction of
Jesuits
*Befriend Capt. Ricardo Carnicero
*Wins in Manila Lottery: 9736 (Sept.
21, 1892): Carcinero, Rizal and
Francisco Equilia of Dipolog
2
nd
price Php 20,00
Php 6,000 share (2,000 to his father
and 200 to Basa and purchased 16
hectares agricultural lands along the
coast of Talisay
*Rizal-Pastells Debate in Religion
*Challenged by a Frenchman, Mr.
Juan Lardet to a duel
*Idyllic life in Dapitan
*Met the Friars spy: Pablo
Mercado Florencio Namanan
(photo of Rizal and a pair of buttons
with initials P.M.)
*Artistic Works: Mothers Revenge,
The Dapitan Girl, Josephine Bracken
*Business: Abaca and copra
*Invention: sulpukan and machine
making bricks
Wrote Mi Retiro and El Canto del
Viajero

Community Development
Projects:
1. Clinic
2. Water system
3. Coconut Oil Lamp (500 Php)
4. Beautification of Plaza
5. Relief Map of Mindanao
6. Educator to 16 Talisay boys
(Hymn to Talisay)
July 7, 1896 Met Dr. Pio Valenzuela about KKK
July 17, 1896 Voluntary Military doctor to Cuba
July 31, 1896 Espana: Adios, Dapitan (4 years, 13
days)
Last Trip
Abroad
August 6, 1896
September 2, 1896
Dumaguete, Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz and
Romblon
August 30, 1896 Received 2 letters from Gov. General
Ramon Blanco for the Ministry of
Colonies and Minister of Wars
(Duplicity)
September 3, 1896 Last trip abroad: Isla de Panay
September 7, 1896 Singapore: urged by Manuel Camus
to stay
October 6, 1896 Arrested in Barcelona: Monjuich
and returned to Manila
Last
Homecoming
November 3, 1896 Arrival in Manila (Colon) to Fort
Santiago
Evidences: 15 documents and
testimonials
Defender: Lt. Luis Taviel de Andrade
December 13,
1896
Gov. General Camilo de Polavieja
December 26,
1896
(8:00 AM)
Cuartel de Espana, Trial of Rizal
December 28,
1896
Polavieja signs Rizals execution
Martyrdom in
Bagumbayan
December 29,
1896
Alcohol burner (Trinidad)
Retraction with Fr. Balaguer
December 30,
1896
6:00 AM Begin Death March
7:03 AM Death by firing squad
35 years, 5 months and 11 days


TRAVELS OF RIZAL
Secret Mission:

to observe keenly the life and culture, languages and customs, industries and commerce, and
governments and laws of the European nations in order to prepare himself in the mighty tasks of
liberating his oppressed people from Spanish tyranny

First Travel (1882 1887)

May 3, 1882
o SS Salvadora
o Jose Mercado
May 9, 1882
o Singapore
1

o Djemnah
Mar 11, 1882 May 17, 1882
o Point Galle (Ceylon
2
)
o Aden
3

o Suez Canal
4

o Port Said
June 11, 1882 June 12, 1882
o Naples and Marsailles
5

June 15, 1882 June 16, 1882
o Port Bou
o Barcelona
6
: Amor Patrio(LaongLaan), Los
Viajes and Revista de Madrid
May 20, 1882
o Universidad Central de Madrid
o Consuelo Ortiga y Perez
o They Ask Me for Verses: Circulo-Hispano Filipino
June 17, 1883 August 20, 1883
o Paris
7
(costliest capital in Europe)
o Member of Mason (Acacia)
June 24, 1884 June 25, 1884
o Financial worries
o Salute to Luna (Spoliarium) and Hidalgos
(VirgenesChristianasExpuestas al Populacho)
Victory
November 20, 1884 November 22, 1884
o Student demonstration for Dr. Miguel Morayta, Prof.
of History in UCM
June 21, 1884
o Licentiate in Medicine
o Doctor of Medicine (did not present his thesis)
June 19, 1885
o Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters
November 1885 February 1886
o Paris: Dr. Louis de Weckert
February 1, 1886 1887
o Germany (Strasbourg)
8

o Heidelberg: To the Flowers of Heidelberg
o University Eye Hospital: Dr. Otto Becker
o Clinics of Dr. Schultzer& Dr. Galezowski
o Wilhemsfeld: Pastor Ullmer
o Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt(Director of Ateneo of
Leitmeritz, ethnologist)
o Leipzig: Prof. Friedrich Ratzel(historian) and Dr.
Hans Meyer(anthropologist)
o Dresden: Dr. Adolph Meyer (Director of
Anthropological and Ethnological Museum)
o Member of Anthropological, Ethnological and
Geographical Society (recommended by Dr.
FeoderJagor and Dr. Meyer)
March 21, 1887
o Noli me Tangere was published
o Dr. Maximo Viola
o Suspected as French spy (territorial dispute over
Alsace-Lorraine)
Grand Tour of Europe with Viola
(May 11 to June 29, 1887)
o Germany: Dresden
o Czech: Leitmeritz, Prague
9

o Austria: Vienna, Danube River
10

o Germany: Lintz, Salzburg, Munich, Nuremberg,
Rheinfall
o Switzerland: Schauffhausen, Basel, Baden, Bern,
Lausanne, Geneva
11

o June 23, 1887 parted ways
o Italy: Turin, Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome,
Vatican City
12


Second Travel (1888 1892)

February 3, 1888: Zafiro
February 8, 1888: Hongkong
1

o Jose Ma. Basa, BalbinoMaurico and Manuel Yriarte
o Shadowed by Jose Sainz de Varanda
February 18, 1888: Kiu-kiang
o Macao
2

February 22 April 13, 1888: Oceanic
o Japan
3

o Invited by Juan Perez Caballero to live at Spanish
legation
o Met O-Sei-san (Seiko Usui)
April 13 April 28, 1888:Belgic
o USA
4

o Tetcho Suehiro (Nankai-No-Daiharanor Storm
Over the South Sea and O-unabara or The Big
Ocean)
May 4, 1888
o San Francisco
o Nevada
o New York big town
May 16, 1888: City of Rome
o Liverpool, England
5

May 1888 March 1889
o Boarded at Beckett (Gertrude Gettie)
o Bad news:
Persecution of Filipino patriots who signed the
Anti-Friar Petition of 1888
Persecution of Calamba Tenants
Furious attacks to him by Sen. Salamanca and Vida
in Cortes and by Pesengaos (WenceslaoRetana)
and Quiopqiap (Pablo Feced) in Spanish
newspapers, etc.
o Annotate Antonio de Morgas Sucesos de Las Islas
de Filipinas
o Met Marcelo H. del Pilar and Mariano Ponce (in
Spain
6
)
o Master Mason of La Solidaridad Assosacion (Los
Agricultores Filipinos)
o Wrote:
La Vision del Fray Rodriguez (Dimas Alang)
Letter to the Young Women of Malolos
Specimens of Tagalog folklore and Two Eastern
Fables
May 6, 1889: Universal Exposition in Paris
o Eiffel Tower
o Kidlat Club, Indios Bravos, International
Association of Filipinologists
o Wrote Filipinas Dentro de Cien Aos, Sobre La
Indolencia de los Filipinos, Por Telefono(D.A.)
o Project for Filipino College in Hongkong
January 28, 1890: Belgium
7

o Presentiment of Death
o Romance with Suzanne Petite Jacoby
April 1890 February 1891: Madrid
8

o Misfortunes:
Failure to get justice for his family
Death of JOMAPA
Duel with Antonio Luna and Wenceslao Retana
Infidelity of Leonor Rivera
Rival with M. del Pilar
February 1891: Biarritz
9

o Stayed with the Bousteads (Nellie)
May 30, 1891: Ghent, Belgium
10

o Finished El Filibusterismo
o Valentin Ventura
November 1891 June 1892: Melbourne
o Hongkong
11

o Family Reunion
o Ophthalmic Surgeon: Dr. Lorenzo P. Marques
o New Borneo Colonization Project
o La Liga Filipina constitution
o Last Hongkong letters: To my Parents, Brethren
and Friends and To the Philippines




RIZAL A-to-Z
By AmbethOcampo
(From Looking Back 5 Rizals Teeth, Bonifacio Bones)

Generations of college students reared on the standard textbook by Gregorio Zaide
were introduced to the so called Rizal A to Z that depicted the many facets of Rizals
personality. Students either used Zaides list or created their own based on their readings. A for
Agronomy, B for Businessman, C for Cartographer, M for Magician, all the way to Z for
Zoologist. A century and a half since Rizal was born, with so much material, both old and new,
we can compose many more Rizal A to Zs like the one that follows:

A ADIOS, AGUINALDO, ATENEO
Adios patria adorada, is the first line of the unsigned, untitled, valedictory poem he
wrote on a slip of paper folded neatly and hid in an alcohol burner recovered by his sisters after
his execution. The poem was copied out and reproduced, and given the title Mi Ultimo
Pensamiento and much later MiUltimo Adios. Emilio Aguinaldo declared December 30, 1898 a
day of mourning to remember Filipino heroes especially Rizal whose 2
nd
death anniversary fell
on that day. Ateneo Municipal was a public secondary school in Intramuros run by the Jesuits
that later developed into the present-day Ateneo de Manila University.

B BLUMENTRITT, BURGOS, BAGUMBAYAN, BONIFACIO
Ferdinand Blumentritt is more than a street name in downtown Manila, he was Rizals
friend who campaigned for Philippine Independence from Spain and the United States. Jose
Burgos was one of the three priests martyred in 1872 hence GOMBURZA. His influenced was
transmitted to Rizal from his brother Paciano. Bagumbayan was the place of execution of
Gomburza and Rizal, it is now known as either Luneta because of an old feature in it the shape
of a half-moon (moon is luna in Spanish) or Rizal Park. Andres Bonifacio read Rizals writings
and is said to have translated the Ultimo Adios from the original Spanish to Tagalog.

C CALAMBA
Calamba, Laguna. Rizal was born in this town sometime between 11:30 to midnight on
June 19, 1861. He falls under the astrological sign Gemini but in the Chinese Zodiac he is a
Rooster.

D DAPITAN
Dapitan, Zamboangadel Norte. Place of exile, 1892-1896. The present Rizal Shrine is
part of the beach front estate Rizal acquired using winnings from the lotto.

E ELIAS
Elias is a character in Noli Me Tangereoften interpreted or depicted as Andres
Bonifacio wearing a white camisa de chino and red Kundiman pants. However, Rizal and
Bonifacio had not met by the time the Noli was published in 1887. Rizal is said to have regretted
killing Elias in the Noli.

F FAURA, FIIBUSTERISMO, FRANCISCO MERCADO
Federico Faurawas one of Rizals teachers who is acknowledged as the founder of the
Manila Observatory and inventor of the Faura barometer that provided warning on
typhoons. El Filibusterismo, the second of Rizals books, it was published in Ghent in 1891, the
sequel to the Noli Me Tangere. Francisco Mercado is Rizals father overshadowed in our
textbooks by his wife Teodora Alonzo.

G GERTRUDE
Gertrude Beckett was the daughter of Rizals landlord in London. In her letters to Rizal
she signed herself Gettie and referred to Rizal as Pettie.

H HEIDELBERG, HITLER
Heidelberg is the university town where Rizal took specialized courses in
ophthalmology in the Augenklinik under Otto Becker. One of his famous poems, To the
Flowers of Heidelberg was composed here. One of the enduring urban legends of the
Philippines is that Rizal is the father of Adolf Hitler.
I INDOLENCE
Indolence of the Filipinos is one of Rizalsmost anthologized essays. It is a response
to the myth of the lazy native spread by the Spaniards and explains the effects of climate on the
Philippines.

J JOSE, JOSEFA, A JOSEFINA
Jose Rizal was the second son, the seventh of eleven children born to Francisco
Mercado and Teodora Alonzo. Josefa Rizal a.k.a. Panggoy was Rizals younger sister. Josefina is
the Spanish form for Josephine thus Rizal composed a love poem for Josephine Bracken, his
common-law-wife in Dapitan entitled simply A Josefina (To Josephine).

K KABABATA
Sa akingmgakabata is a much anthological poem on the beauty of Tagalog allegedly
written when Rizal was eight years old. At best, this poem is attributed to Rizal, at worst it may
not have been written by Rizal at all.

L LAND SURVEYOR, LEONOR, LOTTERY
Not many know that a year after his graduation from the Ateneo in 1877 Rizal
graduated again with a degree in land surveying. He attained his professional license
as agrimensor y peritotasador de tierras(land surveyor and assessor) in 1881. Rizal was once
described as Doble Leonor (Double Leonor) because while a student in UST he was associated
with Leonor Rivera and Leonor Valenzuela. The Rizal family was fond of the lottery and Rizals
Madrid diary lists regular purchase of lottery tickets. Rizal hit the second prize while he was in
exile in Dapitan. Unfortunately, Rizal did not buy the entire ticket thus the prize was divided
among him, the Governor of Dapitan and a third party.

M MAKAMISA, MORGA
In 1892 Rizal wrote the beginnings of a third satirical novel in Tagalog, the opening
chapter was called Makamisa (After the Mass). Later he shifted from Tagalog to Spanish and
after writing up 245 pages in draft he left this novel unfinished. Antonio de Morgain 1609
published the Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events of the Philippine Islands) that Rizal re-
published with long explanatory footnotes in London in 1890.

N NOLI ME TANGERE, NELLIE BOUSTEAD
Noli me Tangere(Touch me not) was Rizals first book, the first of two novels, that first
saw print in Berlin in 1887. Nellie Boustead was the woman who caused the jealous Antonio
Luna to get drunk and challenge Rizal to a duel.

O OPTHALMOLOGY
Rizal specialized in ophthalmology after his medical studies in Madrid to cure his
mothers failing eyesight. He studied under Louis de Wecker in Paris and Otto Becker in
Germany.

P PACIANO, PASTELLS
Paciano Mercado is Rizals elder brother, who inspired and guided Rizals life and
career. He translated the Noli in Tagalog. He fought the Spaniards during the Philippine
Revolution and also became a general during the Filipino-American War. Pablo Pastellswas the
Jesuit superior with whom Rizal corresponded from Dapitan on religious and philosophical
issues.

Q QUIROGA, QUIOPQUIAP
Quirogais a character in El Fili and Quiopquiapwas the pseudonym of Pablo Feced, a
journalist known for his anti-Filipino writings.

R REDNAXELA, RICIAL, RIPPER
Rednaxelais Alexander spelled backwards and was the name of the street, Rednaxela
Terrace, where Rizal lived in Hongkong. Ricial, Risal or later Rizal was word denoted a green
field ready for harvest. Mercado and Rizal were two surnames Rizal used interchangeably
during his schooling in Ateneo and UST. Another urban legend circulating is that Rizal could
have been the infamous Jack the Ripper because when he was in London and the time the
ripper murders took place. It has also been suggested that there is connection between their
initials J.R.


S SANDAKAN, SEGUNDA, SOLIDARIDAD
Rizal proposed to establish a Filipino colony in Sandakan, North Borneo that did not
push through. SegundaKatigbakwas Rizals first love as depicted in his student diary where she
referred to as Miss K. La Solidaridad was the Filipino reformed newspaper in Spain edited by
Graciano Lopez Jaen and later Marcelo H. delPilar. Rizal published some of his most famous
essays here: To the Women of Malolos, Indolence of the Filipinos and the Philippines Within a
Century Hence.



T TEODORA ALONSO, TETCHO SUEHIRO
Teodora Alonso, Rizals mother, needs no introduction nor
explanation. TetchoSuehirowas a Japanese journalist who Rizal met on a ship bound for the
United States. Tetcho later wrote about his meeting The Man from Manila.

U ULIMAN, UNTER DEN LINDEN, USUI SEIKO
Some people during Rizals lifetime referred to Rizal as Dr. Uliman from el doctor
aleman (the German doctor). Unter den Linden is a famous Berlin boulevard mentioned in
Rizals writings. Usui Seiko was a Japanese woman with whom he fell in love. She is mentioned
in his 1888 diary and appears in a small notebook of drawings he made in Japan.

V VALENTIN VENTURA, VERTEBRA
Valentin Ventura was a wealthy friend from Pampanga who lived in Paris and
advanced the funds to defray the costs for the publication of El Fili. Part of Rizals vertebra or
backbone is displayed in Fort Santiago. When Rizals remains were buried under the Rizal
monument this particular piece of chipped backbone was set aside to show Filipinos where the
bullet snuffed out his life.

W WOMEN of MALOLOS
Rizal wrote a lengthy letter to the women of Malolos, Bulacan, who against friar
objections, proposed a night school where they could learn Spanish. The letter was published in
La Solidaridad.

X XEREZ-BURGOS
Manuel Xerez-Burgos, nephew of the ill-fated Fr. Jose Burgos interceded with the
Jesuits when Rizal was not admitted into Ateneo Municipal due to his small stature.

Y YBARRA, YSAGANI, YNDIOS BRAVOS
In Spanish orthography the letters I and Y are sometimes interchangeable and his
manuscripts Rizal spells the names of these characters Ybarra/Ibarra and Ysagani/Isagani. The
same for the group of friends that called themselves Yndios/Indios Bravos after the Brave
Indians who performed Wild West show during the 1889 Paris Expo. Indio was a negative word
used to describe native Filipinos, Rizal and friends turned in around and made it a badge of
courage.

Z ZOOLOGIST, BEN ZAYB
Rizal was not a professional zoologist but is considered such because he collected
specimens: seashells, butterflies, flora and fauna, and other artifacts that he sent to scientists in
Europe during his exile in Dapitan. Rizals name appears in the classification for a winged lizard
(Draco rizali), a frog or toad (Racophorusrizali) and a beetle (Apogoniarizali). Ben Zaybis a
character in El Fili whose name is said to have come from Ybanez.



THE MANY- SIDED PERSONALITY

Filipinos and foreigners alike have paid tribute that his place of honor in history is
secure. His Austrian bosom friend, Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt, Rector of the
Imperial Atheneum of Leitmeritz, said that Rizal was the greatest product of the
Philippines and his coming to the world was like the appearance of a rare comet,
whose brilliance appears only every other century.Another German friend, Dr.
Adolf B. Meyer, Director of the Dresden Museum who admired his all-around
knowledge and ability, remarked Rizals many-sidedness was stupendous.
His precocity since early boyhood turned into versatility in later years.
Being curious and inquisitive, he developed a rare facility of mastering varied
subjects and occupations.

ACTOR:
He acted a character in Lunas paintings and
acted in school dramas.
AGRICULTURIST:
He had farms in Dapitan (1892-1896)
where he planted different fruit-beating
trees.
ANIMAL LOVER:
He loved animals, as a small boy.
ANTHROPOLOGIST:
He made researches on the physical and
social make up of man.
ARCHAEOLOGIST:
He studied monuments and antique
currency everywhere he went.
ASCETIC:
He always practiced self-discipline wherever
he went.
BOOK LOVER:
He had a big library and bought many books
abroad.
BOTANIST:
He maintained a garden in Dapitan where
he planted and experimented on plants of
allkinds.
BUSINESSMAN:
He had a partner in Dapitan in the abaca
business there.
CARTOGRAPHER:
He drew maps of Dapitan, the Philippines
and other places he visited.
CHESS PLAYER:
He played chess and bear several Germans
and European friends and acquaintances.
COMMENTATOR:
He always expressed and published his
personal opinion.
CONCHOLOGIST:
He had a good shell collection in Dapitan.
EDUCATOR:
He taught in his special school in Dapitan.
ETHNOLOGIST:
In his travels, he compared different races
and he noted the differences.
FATHER of COMMUNITY SCHOOL:
He proposed to open a college
in Hongkong and his special school
inDapitan.
FENCER:
He fenced with Europeans and Juan Luna
and other friends in Europe.
FREEMASON ABROAD:
He was a member of La Solidaridad Lodge in
Spain.
HORTICULTURE AND FARMER:
He cultivated and experimented plants in
Dapitan.
HISTORIAN:
His annotation of Antonio de
MorgasSucesos de las Islas Filipinas entitled
him as one.
HUMORIST:
As found in numerous humorous incidents
in the Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo.
ICHTHYOLOGIST:
He collected 38 new varieties of fish in
Dapitan.
JAPANOPHILE:
His admiration of Japanese traits and his
knowledge of her language proved he was
one.
JOURNALIST:
He authored and published many articles in
Spanish and English in London.
LABORATORY WORKER:
He was employed in the clinic of Dr.
Weckert and Dr. Becker in Paris.
LINGUIST:
He spoke over 20 languages.
LOVER OF TRUTH:
He chided Spanish Spanish writers for not
writing the truth about the Filipinos.
MUSICIAN:
He played the flute and composed pieces of
music and cultivated music appreciation.
MYTHOLOGIST:
He used mythology in his Noli and Fili.
NATIONALIST:
He gave full expression of the native spirit
strengthened by world civilization and loved
and defended everything Filipino.
OPTHALMOLOGIST:
He graduated in an ophthalmologic college
in Spain.
ORIENTALIST:
He admired the special characteristic and
beauties of Oriental countries peoples.
PHARMACOLOGIST:
He treasured and popularized the
usefulness and preparation of cures for
treatment of his patients.
PHILOLOGIST:
He loved learning and literature is
unequalled.
PHILOSOPHER:
He regulated his life and enjoyed calmness
of the lie at all time.
PHYSICAL CULTURIST:
He maintained a good health by exercising
all parts of his body and eating proper
foods.
PHYSICIANS:
He treated several patients afflicted not
only with eye sickness.
POET:
He wrote over 35 poems.
POLITICIAN:
He exposed the evils of the political
activities of the Spaniards in the Philippines
through his writing.
POLYGLOT:
He wrote and spoke in 20 languages.
PROOFREADER:
He worked part-time in Germany.
PROPAGANDIST:
He encouraged the recommendation of
improving government entities and
discouraged abuses by publishing articles.
REFORMER:
He published his modern methods of
government administration, so changes
could be made.
RESEARCHER:
Being a wide reader, he compared the old
and new practices in life.
REVOLUTIONIST:
He encouraged reforms, discouraged old,
impractical usage and desired new and
useful law to benefit his countrymen. He
desired changes for the better.
RHETORICIAN:
He always practiced the art of persuasive
and impressive speaking and writing.
RURAL RECONSTRUCTION WORKER:
He practiced rural reconstruction work in
Dapitan in 1894 and succeeded.
SANITARY ENGINEER:
He constructed water system in Dapitan.
SCIENTIST:
His practice of many sciences here and
abroad made him a noted scientist.
SCULPTOR:
He's skillful sculptor.
SHARP SHOOTER:
He could hit a target of 20 m away.
SINOLOGIST:
His ancestry and ability to speak made him
one.
SOCIOLOGIST:
He encouraged and introduced solutions
based on his study on Philippines social
problems.
SODALIST:
He always joined fraternities, associations
and brotherhood for self-improvement.
SURVEYOR:
He engaged from a surveying class at
Ateneo.
TOURIST:
He was considered due to his extensive
travels.
TRAVELER:
He traveled around the world three times.
YOUTH LEADER:
He considered the youth as The Hope of
His Fatherland.
ZOOLOGIST:
He was fond of pets. He researched later on
their physiology, classification and habits.