DR.

JOSE RIZAL
Calamba,
Laguna
Philippines

Personal
Information

Name: Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso

Realonda Address: Calle Real, Calamba, Laguna.
Philippines Date of Birth: June 19, 1861
Place of Birth: Calamba, Laguna
Date of Baptismal: June 22, 1861
Parents: Father: Francisco Rizal Mercado y Alejandro
Mother: Teodora Alonza y Quintos

Siblings:

 SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913) –Eldest

 PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930) -Only brother; Studied at

San Jose College in Manila; became a farmer and later a
general of the Philippine Revolution.

 NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939) - Teacher and musician.

 OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)- Died from child birth

 LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)- Fifth child.

 MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)- Married Daniel Faustino

Cruz of Biñan,Laguna.

 CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865) –Died at the age of three

 JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945) - Rpileptic, died a spinster.

 TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951)- Died a spinster

 SOLEDAD RIZAL (1870-1929)- The youngest

chilmarried Pantaleon Quintero
 Educational Background

 Universidad Central de Madrid Doctorate in Medicine

 1884 – 1885
 Universidad Central de Madrid Philosophy and Letters
 November 1882 – June 1885
 Universidad Central de Madrid Medicine
 November 1882 – June 1884
 University of Santo Tomas Medicine
 June1878 – March 1882
 University of Santo Tomas Philosophy and Letters
 June 1877 – March 1878
 Ateneo Municipal Surveying Course
 June1877 – March 1878
 Ateneo Municipal Bachelor of Arts
 June 1872 – March 1877
 Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz’s school Basic education including Spanish and Latin
 June1870 – December 1871

 Licentiate in Medicine
 Universidad Central de Madrid

Employment

 Assistant to Dr. Louis Weckert on Nov. 1885

 Self-employed in Calamba (established own clinic--1887-1888

 November 20 1891 to June 1892 in Hong Kong- Joined the clinic of Dr.
Lorenzo Marques a Portuguese physician and was also able to enhanced his
mastery of Ophthalmology

Language/Dialect (Spoken)

Tagalog, Ilocano, Bisayan, Subanun, Spanish, Latin, Greek, English, French, German, Arabic,
Malayan, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Dutch, Catalan, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese,
Swedish, Russian.

Published Works

1887: NOLI ME TANGERE -a satirical novel exposing the arrogance and despotism
of the Spanish clergy (Published in Berlin)
1890: (Morga’s) SUCCESSOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS- annotations to prove
that the Filipinos had a civilization worthy to be proud of even long before the
Spaniards set foot on Philippine soil. (Printed in Paris)

1891: EL FILIBUSTERISMO - second novel and a sequel to the NOLI and more
revolutionary and tragic than the latter (Printed in Ghent)

Awards

 Masonic writing : Science Virtue and Labor

 Bachelor of Arts with highest honors
 Agricultural Expert and Surveyor ( he passed exam in the surveying course)
 Received gold medals in agriculture and photography
 Title as expert surveor was issued November 25, 1881
 First prize “Al Juventud Filipina”
 ”To the Filipino Youth” won -Liceo Artistico-Literario (Artistic
Literary Museum) of Manila
 First prize “Consejo de los dioses”
 Composed “Alin Mang Lahi”
 Satirical works: Por Telefono (La vision del Fray Rodriguez)
 Articles published in La Solidaridad, p. 168
 Advocated the Filipinization

Professional Associations or Memberships

Affiliations

 Became president of the Academy of Spanish Literature

 Chief of a secret society, Companerismo (Comradership)- ‘Companions of Jehu”
 Masonic lodge called acacie-became master mason on Nov. 15, 1890
 Secretary of the Academy of Natural Science
 Member of propaganda movement
 Secretary of Marian Congregation
 Became president of Associacion La Solidaridad (La
Solidaridad Los Agricultores Filipinos-March 25,1889)
 Formed Kidlat Club(during exposition)
 Formed RDLM (Redencion delos Malayos)-1889
 Secretary of Inernational Association of Filipinologists (1889)
 Stablished La Liga Filipina constitution

Interest/Skills/Other Personality

 Actor- Acted as a character in one of Juan Luna’s paintings and acted in

school dramas.
 Agriculturist- Planted lanzones, coconuts and other fruit-bearing trees.
 Anthropologist- Made researches on the physical and social make up of man.
 Archeologist- Studied monuments and antique currency.
 Botanist- Maintained a garden in Dapitan.
- Planted and experimented on plants of all kinds
 Business man- Abaca business (1892-1896)
 Cartographer- Drew maps of Dapitan and The Philippines and other
places visited.
 Commentator- Always expresses and published his personal opinion.
 Educator- Taught in his special school in Dapitan.
 Fencer- Fenced with Europeans and Juan Luna.
 Freemason abroad- Member of La Solidaridad Lodge in Spain.
 Horticulture and farmer- Experimented on and cultivated plants in Dapitan.
 Historian- Annotated Antonio de Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

 Journalist- Authored and published many articles in Spanish and English

and London.
 Laboratory worker- Employed in the clinic of Dr. L. Wecker in Paris.\
 Linguist- Can speak 22 foreign languages.
 Musicians- Plays the flute and compose pieces of music and cultivated
music appreciation.
 Nationalist- Gives full expression of the native spirit strengthened by
world civilization and loves and defending everything Filipino.
 Newspaperman- Wrote and published articles in many publications and was
one of the organizers of the La Solidaridad
 Ophthalmologist- Graduated in an ophthalmologic college in Spain.
 Orientalist- Admires the special characteristic and beauties of Oriental
countries peoples.
 Pharmacologist- Treasured and popularized the usefulness and
preparation of cures for treatment of his patients.
 Physical culturist- Maintains a good health by exercising all parts of his
body and eating proper foods
 Physician- Treated several patients afflicted not only with eye diseases.
 Poet- Wrote over 35 poems
 Politician- Exposed the evils of the political activities of the Spaniards in
the Philippines through writings.
 Polyglot- Can speak and write in 22 languages.
 Proofreader- Worked as a part-time proofreader in Germany
 Propagandist- Encourages the recommendation of improving the
government entities and discourages abuses publishing articles
 Public relation man- Worked for better cooperation of rulers and subjects in
the country.
 Reformer- Published the modern methods of government
administration, so changes could be made.
 Researcher- Compared the old and new practices in life.
 Revolutionist- Encouraged reforms, discouraged old, impractical usage,
and desired new and useful laws to benefit his countrymen.
 Rhetorician- Practices the art of persuasive and impressive speaking and writing.
 Sharp shooter- Could hit a target 20 meters away.
 Sociologist- Encourages and introduced solutions to Philippines social problems

 Sodalist- Joined fraternities, associations and brotherhood, for self-improvement.

 Sportsman- Engaged from a surveying class at the Ateneo after passing A. B.
 Traveler- Traveled around Europe, Middle East and Asia
 Youth leader- Considers youth as "the hope of his Fatherland."

POEMS/ESSAYS

 A Fragment
 Alianza Intima Entre La Religión Y La Education
 Al Niño Jesús
 A La Juventud Filipina
 A Las Flores de Heidelberg
 A Tribute to My Town
 Canto de Maria Clara
 Canto del Viajero
 Dalit sa Paggawa
 Felictación
 Flower Among Flowers
 Goodbye to Leonor
 Hymn to Talisay
 Kundiman
 Me Piden Versos
 Mi Primera Inspiracion
 Me Piden Versos
 Mi Retiro
 Mi Ultimo Adios
 Sa aking mga kabata
 To My Muse
  To the Philippines
 To the Virgin Mary
 Un Recuerdo A Mi Pueblo
 Water and Fire

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