The young Rizal earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila at the age of 16, and studied Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), where at the age of 17, he took up medicine specializing in ophthalmology. He pursued his medical studies at...
Prior to his enrollment in this prominent learning institution, his older brother Paciano Rizal Mercado, 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, t...
This was his place of residence from May 1883 to June 17, 1883 before Rizal left for Paris for a vacation. Situated in the old part of Madrid close to the Plaza Sta. Ana and right behind the Teatro Español, it stood near the corner of c/ Echegaray (formerly c/ del Lobo), where ...
He afterward took up medicine at the University of Santo Tomas when Rizal was also attending classes in the institution. In 1881, Ponce left for Spain to continue his medical studies at the Unversidad Central de Madrid, where Rizal would also enroll as medicine student the following year. ...