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About Wenceslao Retana
Wenceslao Retana was a 19th-century Spanish polymath.
He was a civil servant, colonial administrator, writer, biographer, political commentator, publisher, bibliophile, bibliographer, Filipiniana collector, Spanish filipinologist, and Philippine scholar. Retana was a "onetime adversary" of Philippine national hero José Rizal who later became an "admirer" who wrote the first biographical account of the life of Rizal entitled Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal or "Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal". Rosa M. Vallejo described Retana as the "foremost" non-Filipino filipinologist.
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Wenceslao Retana's Timeline
| 1862 |
September 28, 1862
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Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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October 6, 1862
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Iglesia de San Cristóbal, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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| 1890 |
August 26, 1890
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Batangas, Calabarzon, Philippines
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| 1924 |
January 21, 1924
Age 61
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Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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