José Rizal Biography

José Rizal biography

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NAME: José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda
OCCUPATION: Activist, Doctor, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: June 19, 1861
DEATH DATE: December 30, 1896
EDUCATION: University of Madrid

PLACE OF BIRTH: Calamba, Philippines
PLACE OF DEATH: Manila, Philippines

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José Rizal was a patriot, physician and man of letters who was an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement.

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José Rizal was born June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Philippines. In 1891, when he published a sequel to his first book, he became the leading spokesman of the Philippine reform movement and later the leader of the Propaganda Movement. In 1892 he founded a nonviolent-reform society in Manila, and was deported. He remained in exile for four years. In 1896 he was tried for sedition and publicly executed.