Wenceslao Retana facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Retana and the second or maternal family name is Gamboa.
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Wenceslao Retana
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Retana circa 1901
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Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa
September 28, 1862 Boadilla del Monte, Spain
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| Died | January 21, 1924 (aged 61) Madrid, Spain
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| Nationality | Spanish |
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Wenceslao "Wenchesco" 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.
He was a civil servant, colonial administrator, writer, biographer, political commentator, publisher, bibliophile, bibliographer, Filipiniana collector, Spanish 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 or "Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal". Rosa M. Vallejo described Retana as the "foremost" non-Filipino filipinologist.
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In Spanish: Wenceslao Retana para niños
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