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'''Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa''' (September 28, 1862 – January 21, 1924), also known as '''W. E. Retana''' or '''Wenceslao E. Retana''', was a 19th-century [[Spain|Spanish]] [[polymath]].
'''Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa''' (September 28, 1862 – January 21, 1924), also known as '''W. E. Retana''' or '''Wenceslao E. Retana''', was a 19th-century [[Spain|Spanish]] [[polymath]].


He was a civil servant, colonial administrator, writer, biographer, political commentator, publisher, bibliophile, bibliographer, [[Filipiniana]] collector, Spanish [[filipinologist]], and [[Philippines|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".<ref name=Roces>Roces, Alejandro R. [http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=536400&publicationSubCategoryId=64 Rizal's Death Anniversary], Roses & Thorns, Opinion, The Philippine Star, December 29, 2009, philstar.com</ref><ref name=JR>Yoder, Robert L. [http://joserizal.info/Biography/man_and_martyr/chapter18.htm Wenceslao "Wenchesco" E. Retana], from footnotes of Chapter 18: Rizal the Man, joserizal.info</ref> Rosa M. Vallejo described Retana as the "foremost" non-Filipino filipinologist.<ref name=NCCA>Vallejo, Rosa M. [http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?igm=2&i=196 (...) "Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa, foremost foreign Filipinologist" (...)], Bibliographical Works, Philippine Bibliographies, ncca.gov.ph</ref>
A civil servant, colonial administrator, biographer, political commentator, publisher, bibliographer, [[Filipiniana]] collector, [[Filipinologist]], and [[Philippines|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]]'' (''The Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal'').<ref name=Roces>Roces, Alejandro R. [http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=536400&publicationSubCategoryId=64 Rizal's Death Anniversary], Roses & Thorns, Opinion, The Philippine Star, December 29, 2009, philstar.com</ref><ref name=JR>Yoder, Robert L. [http://joserizal.info/Biography/man_and_martyr/chapter18.htm Wenceslao "Wenchesco" E. Retana], from footnotes of Chapter 18: Rizal the Man, joserizal.info</ref> Rosa M. Vallejo described Retana as the "foremost" non-Filipino filipinologist.<ref name=NCCA>Vallejo, Rosa M. [http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?igm=2&i=196 (...) "Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa, foremost foreign Filipinologist" (...)], Bibliographical Works, Philippine Bibliographies, ncca.gov.ph. Accessed 21 April 2024.</ref>


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Revision as of 01:04, 22 April 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Retana and the second or maternal family name is Gamboa.
Wenceslao Retana
Retana circa 1901
Born
Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa

(1862-09-28)September 28, 1862
Boadilla del Monte, Spain
DiedJanuary 21, 1924(1924-01-21) (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationPolymath
Academic background
Alma mater

Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa (September 28, 1862 – January 21, 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, Filipiniana collector, 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 (The Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal).[1][2] Rosa M. Vallejo described Retana as the "foremost" non-Filipino filipinologist.[3]

References

  1. ^ Roces, Alejandro R. Rizal's Death Anniversary, Roses & Thorns, Opinion, The Philippine Star, December 29, 2009, philstar.com
  2. ^ Yoder, Robert L. Wenceslao "Wenchesco" E. Retana, from footnotes of Chapter 18: Rizal the Man, joserizal.info
  3. ^ Vallejo, Rosa M. (...) "Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa, foremost foreign Filipinologist" (...), Bibliographical Works, Philippine Bibliographies, ncca.gov.ph. Accessed 21 April 2024.
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