Professional Profile: Jose Rizals Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae Personal Information Full Name: Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda Sex: Male Place of Birth: Calamba, Laguna Date of Birth: 19 June 1861 Permanent Address: Calle Real, Calamba, Laguna Mother’s Maiden Name: Teodora Alonzo y Quintos Father’s Name: Francisco Mercado Rizal Nationality: Filipino Religion: Roman Catholic Skills Actor – Acted as a character in one of Juan Luna’s Paintings and Acted in school Dramas. Agriculturist – he had farms in Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte (1892-1896) where he planted lanzones, coconuts and other fruit-bearing trees.

Anthropologist – He made researches on the physical and social make up of man. Botanist - Rizal maintained a garden in Dapitan where he planted and experimented on plants of all kinds. Teacher – Rizal taught in his special school at dapitan. His exile in Dapitan gave him the opportunity to put into practice his educational ideas. In 1893, he established a school which existed until the end of his exile in July 1896. It began with three pupils and in the course of time the enrollment increased to 16 and later 21.

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In his letter to Blumentritt on March 13, Rizal said that he had 16 pupils in his school and these pupils did not pay any tuition.

Ethnologist – By traveling, Rizal was able to compare different races. He became a member of Berlin Ethnological and Anthropological Society while under the patronage of the famous pathologist Rudolf Virchow. Businessman – Started a Hemp (Abaca) Business with a partner in Dapitan. (1892-1896) Rizal engaged in business in partnership with Ramon Carreon on May 14, 1893, a Dapitan Merchant which has a profitable business ventures in fishing, copra, and hemp industries.

He invited his relative Saturnina and Hidalgo to come to Mindanao for some business opportunities. Cartographer – Rizal drew maps of different places in Dapitan.

Chess Enthusiast – Rizal played chess with his several German and other European acquaintances. Fencing Enthusiast – Rizal fenced with his European acquaintances and Juan Luna, a sport only played at that time by the ilustrados inteligencia. *Rizal was Member of La Solidaridad Lodge in Spain. Ichthyologist – Rizal Discovered 38 nev species of fish in Dapitan. Inventor - He invented a cigarette lighter, which he called sulpakan, and sent it to Blumentritt in 1887 as a gift. While in Dapitan, Rizal also invented a wooden machine for making bricks which turned out about 6,000 bricks daily. Linguist - Rizal spoke over 22 languages.

Tagalog,  Ilokano,  Bisayan,  Subanon, Spanish,  Latin, Greek, English, French, German,  Arabic,  Malay,  Hebrew, Sanskrit,  Dutch,  Catalan,  Italian,  Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Swedish, and Russian. *Rizal was a devotee of Nationalism *Rizal was one of the organizers of the newspaper La Solidaridad Opthalmologist – Rizal studied ophthalmology at Unibersidad Central de Madrid. He apprenticed under Dr. Louis de Wecker, a famous eye surgeon who can set in position crossed eyes in two minutes. His mother who lost her eyesight in 1887, encouraged him to take advanced training in ophthalmology. *Rizal was also an Artist.

Who created several masterpieces. Shown at the right is the Saturnina Rizal created when he was studying in UST. *Rizal cured not only eye diseases. Shown below is one of his prescriptions. Poet - Rizal wrote over 35 poems including his famous Mi Ultimo Adios, To The Philippines, Our Mother Tongue, Memories of My town, Hymn to Labor, Kundiman, A Poem That Has No Title, Song of Maria Clara, To the Philippines Youth, To Josephine, Education Gives Luster to the Motherland, To the Virgin Mary, Sa Aking mga Kabata and others. “The Spanish colonial government murdered the most prominent scientist it ever had. ” -Prof. Rudolf Virchow Rizal was also a Sculptor. *Rizal was also a Specialist in Tuberculosis after he cured himself of it. Zoologist - He was fond of pets. He researched later on their physiology, classification and habits. A regular contributor of specimens of reptiles, mammals, birds, fish, insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates to the Dresden museum. When he was an exile in Dapitan, he collected different kinds of species of animals. Among there were the Draco Rizali (Wandolleck), a specie of flying dragon; Rachophorous Rizali (Boetger), a hithertho unknown specie of toad; and Apogonia Rizali (Heller), a small beetle, which were later named after him.