JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL

MERCADO y ALONZO
REALONDA

PE R S O NAL
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35 years old
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06/19/1861
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Single
Filipino

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Francisco Mercado
Teodora Alonso
Saturnina Rizal
Paciano Rizal
Narcisa Rizal
Olympia Rizal
Lucia Rizal
Maria Rizal
Concepcion Rizal
Josefa Rizal
Trinidad Rizal
Soledad Rizal

(1818-1898)
(1827-1913)
(1850-1913)
(1851-1930)
(1852-1939)
(1855-1887)
(1857-1919)
(1859-1945)
(1862-1865)
(1865-1945)
(1868-1951)
(1870-1929)

E D U CATI O N
Bachelors Degree in Land Surveying and Assessment (1877)
Ateneo de Municipal de Manila
Graduated with Honors: Sobrasaliente (Highest recognition)

Pre-Law (1877)

University of Santo Tomas

Undergraduate

Cosmology (1877)

University of Santo Tomas

Metaphysics (1877)

University of Santo Tomas

Theodicy (1877)

University of Santo Tomas

Bachelors Degree in Philosophy at Faculty of Arts and Letters (1878)

University of Santo Tomas
Undergraduate

Bachelor of Medicine in Ophthalmology (1882)

University of Santo Tomas
Undergraduate

Degree of Licentiate in Medicine (1884)

Universidad Central de Madrid

Degree of Licentiate in Philosophy and Letters (1885)

Universidad Central de Madrid
Rating of: Excellence

Doctor of Medicine (1885)

Universidad Central de Madrid

Bachelor of Medicine in Ophthalmology (1885)

University of Paris
Undergraduate

Doctor of Medicine in Ophthalmology (1887)

University of Heidelberg

ACHIEVEMENTS
Inducted as a member of the Berlin Ethnological Society and the Berlin Anthropological Society.
Joined Acacia Lodge No. 9 and became a Master Mason in 1884.
Self-written poem, A La Juventud Filipino (To Philippine Youth) won first prize in a contest sponsored by Manilas Liceo Artistice-Literario in 1879.

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Won top prize-and national prominence, beating peninsular Spaniards, writing in their own language in
another Liceo-sponsored literary contest, held in observance of the Spains most famous writer, Miguel de
Cervantes.
Achieved the title of Agrimensor y Perito Tasador de Tierras or Expert surveyor after finishing vocational course in surveying in Ateneo.
Obtained the global grade of Notable (Very Good) in all subjects during final year at University of Santo
Tomas.

S K I LLS AN D TALE NTS

Actor - acted as a character in one of Juan Lunas paintings and acted in school dramas.
Agriculturist has farms in Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte where lanzones, coconuts and other fruit-bearing trees were planted.
Anthropologist - makes researches on the physical and social make up of man.
Archeologist - studies monuments and antique currency everywhere.
Businessman - had a partner in Dapitan in the Abaca business there. One of profitable business venture was the hemp industry.
Cartographer - draws maps of Dapitan, the Philippines and other places already
visited.
Chess Player - plays chess and bears several Germans and European friends and
acquaintances.
Conchologist has a good shell collection in Dapitan. Earning a praise from an
American conchologist.
Dramatist - acted in school dramas.
Economist - knows how to allot own scarce resources.
Educator - teaches in own special school in Dapitan.
Essayist - reminiscence of a Student in Manila (first essay) - The Philippines a Century Hence (prophesied the downfall of Spain in Asia).
Ethnologist able to compare different races and notes the differences.
Farmer - has total land holdings reaching 70 hectares containing 6,000 hemp plants,
1,000 coconut trees, and numerous fruit trees, sugarcane, corn, coffee and cacao.
Fencer - fences with Europeans and other friends in Europe.
Geographer
Historian has annotation of Antonio de Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas.
Inventor - invented a cigarette lighter, called sulpakan , and sent it to Blumentritt in
1887 as a gift.
Japanophile - admires Japanese traits and knowledgeable of the Japanese language.
Journalist - authored several published articles in Spanish and English.
Judoka - first Filipino and Malay to practicing and teaching martial arts sport.
Laboratory worker - employed in the clinic of Dr. L. Wecker in Paris.
Linguist can speak over 22 languages including: Tagalog, Ilokano, Bisayan, Subanon, Spanish, Latin, Greek, English, French, German, Arabic, Malay, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Dutch, Catalan, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese,
Swedish, and Russian.
Musician - plays the flute and composes pieces of music and cultivates music appreciation.

O R GAN I ZAT I O N AN D AFF I LIAT I O N S

La Liga Filipina
Berlins Anthropological Society
Berlins Geographical Society
Ethnographic Society of Berlin

C HARACTE R R EFE R E N C E
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Ferdinand Blumentritt
Dr. Louis de Wecker
Dr. Wilhelm Joest

Secondary School Principal (Austria)

Oculist (France)
University of Berlin Professor (Berlin)