![]() ![]() As a historianīy the 1950s, he started to focus on writing about the Spanish era and the Philippine Revolution. ![]() Before that, he spent more than 20 years as a Tagalog writer and poet. It could be said that he kicked off his career in history quite a bit late, at around 46 years old. He finished his Bachelor’s in Philosophy (1934) and Master’s in History (1939) at the University of the Philippines (UP). He was a relative of Filipino diplomat Felipe Agoncillo, who attempted (but failed) to persuade the US to accept the newly founded republic’s legitimacy Marcela Agoncillo, who was one of the three women who sewed the Philippine flag and first President Emilio Aguinaldo. Beginningsīorn on Novemin Lemery, Batangas, Agoncillo came from a family that was much involved in the 1896 Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War. The late historian’s equal emphasis on rigorous scientific inquiry and creative imagination forever changed the way we look at our own history, while securing him a controversial spot in the said field. For National Scientist Teodoro Agoncillo, however, the answer is both. ![]()
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