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Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda

José Rizal was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during Spanish colonial rule in the late 19th century. He was an ophthalmologist who became a writer and key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement advocating for political reforms. Rizal was executed by the Spanish government for rebellion after an anti-colonial revolution inspired by his writings broke out, even though he was not actively involved in its planning. He is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines for his nationalist ideals and writings, including the novels Noli Me Tángere and El filibusterismo.

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Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda

José Rizal was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during Spanish colonial rule in the late 19th century. He was an ophthalmologist who became a writer and key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement advocating for political reforms. Rizal was executed by the Spanish government for rebellion after an anti-colonial revolution inspired by his writings broke out, even though he was not actively involved in its planning. He is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines for his nationalist ideals and writings, including the novels Noli Me Tángere and El filibusterismo.

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Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo

Realonda

Jos Protacio Rizal Mercado[7] y Alonzo Realonda,


popularly known as Jos Rizal (Spanish pronunciation: [xose
risal]; June 19, 1861 December 30, 1896), was a Filipino
nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish
colonial period of thePhilippines. An ophthalmologist by
profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the
Filipino Propaganda Movement which advocated political
reforms for the colony under Spain.
He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for
the crime of rebellion after an anti-colonial revolution,
inspired in part by his writings, broke out. Though he was
not actively involved in its planning or conduct, he ultimately
approved of its goals which eventually led to Philippine
independence.
He is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the
Philippines, and is implied by Philippine law to be one of
the national heroes.[8] He was the author of the novels Noli
Me Tngere[9] and El filibusterismo,[10] and a number of
poems and essays.

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