In full: José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda Born: June 19, 1861, Calamba,Philippines Died: December 30, 1896,Manila(aged 35) Founder: Liga Filipina Notable Works: “The Reign of Greed” “The Social Cancer” See all related content ...
insisted that Jose drop the surname “Mercado”, to ensure that the younger Mercado would be disassociated with the outspoken and borderline subversive reputation of his older brother. As such, the young man known as Jose Protasio Rizal enrolled at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila....
In 1892, Rizal returned to the Philippines. He was almost immediately accused of being involved in the brewing rebellion and was exiled to Dapitan City, on the island of Mindanao. Rizal would stay there for four years, teaching school and encouraging agricultural reforms. During that period, th...
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José Rizal Not until 1863 was there public education in the Philippines, and even then the church controlled the curriculum. Less than one-fifth of those who went to school could read and write Spanish, and far fewer could speak it properly. The limitedhigher educationin the colony was entir...