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'''Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa''' (1862-1924), also known as '''W.E. Retana''' or '''Wenceslao E. Retana''', is a 19th-century [[Spain|Spanish]] civil servant, colonial administrator, writer, biographer, political commentator, publisher, bibliophile, [[Filipiniana]] collector, and [[Philippines|Philippine]] scholar. He wrote the first biographical account of the life of Philippine national hero [[José Rizal]] entitled ''[[Vida y Escritos del 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>
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| name = Wenceslao Retana
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| caption = Retana circa 1901
| birth_name = Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa
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| birth_place = [[Boadilla del Monte]], Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1924|1|21|1862|9|28|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Madrid]], Spain
| nationality = [[Spain|Spanish]]
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Academy of Military Engineering of Guadalajara]]|[[Real Academia de la Historia]]}}
| occupation = Polymath
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'''Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa''' (28 September 1862 – 21 January 1924), also known as '''W. E. Retana''' or '''Wenceslao E. Retana''', was a 19th-century [[Spain|Spanish]] [[polymath]].

A civil servant, colonial administrator, biographer, political commentator, publisher, bibliographer, and [[Filipinologist]], 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], philstar.com, 29 December 2009.</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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Latest revision as of 05:22, 2 August 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)28 September 1862
Boadilla del Monte, Spain
Died21 January 1924(1924-01-21) (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationPolymath
Academic background
Alma mater

Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa (28 September 1862 – 21 January 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, and Filipinologist, 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]

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  1. ^ Roces, Alejandro R. Rizal's Death Anniversary, philstar.com, 29 December 2009.
  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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