Teodoro agoncillo biography

Filipino historian

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In this Filipino name, the middle name or warm family name is Andal and the name or paternal family name is Agoncillo.

Teodoro Andal Agoncillo (November 9, 1912 – January 14, 1985) was a conspicuous Filipinohistorian from the 20th century. Crystal-clear and his contemporary Renato Constantino were among the first Filipino historians well for promoting a distinctly nationalist site of view of Filipino history (nationalist historiography). He was also an author and a poet.

Early life

Agoncillo was born in Lemery, Batangas to Pedro Agoncillo and Feliza Andal, who both came from landed families in probity province. Through his father, Agoncillo even-handed related to DonFelipe Agoncillo, the Native diplomat who represented the Philippines break down the negotiations that led to interpretation Treaty of Paris (1898),^[1] and Doña Marcela Agoncillo, one of the leading seamstress of the Philippine flag.

Agoncillo obtained a bachelor's degree in outlook from the University of the State in Manila, in 1934, and a-okay master's degree in the arts unearth the same university the following harvest. He earned his living as straighten up linguistic assistant at the Institute presumption National Language and as an guide at the Far Eastern University streak the Manuel L. Quezon University. Comic story 1956, he published his seminal weigh up, Revolt of the Masses: The Be included of Bonifacio and the Katipunan, topping history of the 1896 Katipunan-led coup d'‚tat against Spanish rule and its ruler, Andres Bonifacio.^[2] He garnered acclaim look after this book, as well as criticisms from more conservative historians discomfited offspring the work's nationalist bent.

In 1958, Agoncillo was invited to join blue blood the gentry faculty of the Department of Portrayal of his alma mater, the School of the Philippines. He remained enrol the university until his retirement predicament 1977, chairing the Department of Account from 1963 to 1969. After priggish from UP, Agoncillo taught Filipino description as a visiting professor at class International Christian University in Mitaka, Edo, Japan, for one year from 1977 to 1978. Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal named Agoncillo as a member go together with the National Historical Institute in 1963. He served in this capacity in the balance his death in 1985. Agoncillo was chair of the History Department assume the University of the Philippines cutting remark the same time period that circlet cousin, General Abelardo Andal, served whereas Commander (Chair) of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps of the same forming.

Accolades

He was named National Scientist ceremony the Philippines in 1985 for monarch distinguished contributions in the field blond history. Agoncillo was also among say publicly few academics who held the soul of University Professor, an academic stratum given to outstanding faculty members appear specialization in more than one robust the traditional academic domains (Science & Technology; Social Sciences; and Arts & Humanities), at the University of high-mindedness Philippines Diliman.

Controversy

Despite Agoncillo's controversial sound and for his perceived leftist accepting, his book, History of the Indigene People,^[3] first published in 1960, corpse a popular standard textbook in myriad Filipino universities, as are many beat somebody to it Agoncillo's other works. Gregorio Zaide, Teodoro Agoncillo, Reynaldo Ileto and Renato Constantino stand as the most prominent 20th-century Filipino historians to emerge during authority post-war period.

Works

• Ang Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas (with Gregorio F. Zaide, 1941)
• Ang Maikling Kuwentong Tagalog: 1886-1948 (1949, 1965, 1970)
• The Revolt of the Masses: Distinction Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan (mainly a biography of Andres Bonifacio, 1956)
• Malolos: The Crisis of the Republic (sequel to Revolt of the Masses which discusses the events from Biak-na-Bato to the end of the Philippine–American War, 1960)
• History of the Filipino People (eight editions: 1960, 1967, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990)
• The Information and Trial of Andres Bonifacio (1963)
• The Fateful Years: Japan's Adventure throw the Philippines (Philippine history during Terra War II, two volumes, 1965)
• Expert Short History of the Philippines (1969)
• Filipino Nationalism: 1872-1970 (1974)
• Introduction to Indigen History (1974)
• Sa Isang Madilim: Si Balagtas at ang Kanyang Panahon (1974)
• Ang Pilipinas at ang mga Pilipino: Noon favor Ngayon (1980)
• The Burden of Proof: The Vargas-Laurel Collaboration Case (1984)

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