// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Wenceslao Retana? A writer with a retainer on his fame.
Wenceslao Retana | |
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 Retana circa 1901 | |
| Born | Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa 28 September 1862 Boadilla del Monte, Spain |
| Died | 21 January 1924 (aged 61) Madrid, Spain |
| Occupation | Polymath |
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Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa (28 September 1862 – 21 January 1924), also known as W. E. Retana or Wenceslao E. Retana, was a 19th-century Spanish polymath.
A civil servant, colonial administrator, biographer, political commentator, publisher, bibliographer, and Filipinologist, 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 (The Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal).[1][2] Rosa M. Vallejo described Retana as the "foremost" non-Filipino filipinologist.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Roces, Alejandro R. Rizal's Death Anniversary, philstar.com, 29 December 2009.
- ↑ Yoder, Robert L. Wenceslao "Wenchesco" E. Retana Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, from footnotes of Chapter 18: Rizal the Man, joserizal.info
- ↑ Vallejo, Rosa M. (...) "Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa, foremost foreign Filipinologist" (...), Bibliographical Works, Philippine Bibliographies, ncca.gov.ph. Accessed 21 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Photograph of Wenceslao "Wenchesco" E. Retana Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine at joserizal.info
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