![]() ![]() He garnered acclaim for this book, as well as criticisms from more conservative historians discomfited by the work"s nationalist bent. In 1956, he published his seminal work, Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan, a history of the 1896 Katipunan-led revolt against Spanish rule and its leader, Andres Bonifacio. He earned his living as a linguistic assistant at the Institute of National Language and as an instructor at the Far Eastern University and the Manuel L. ![]() Born in Lemery, Batangas to Pedro Agoncillo and Feliza Andal, Agoncillo obtained a bachelor"s degree in philosophy from the University of the Philippines in 1934 and a master"s degree in the arts from the same university the following year. Agoncillo was also among the few academics who held the rank of University Professor, an academic rank given to outstanding faculty members with specialization in more than one of the traditional academic domains (Science & Technology.Īnd Arts & Humanities), at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He was named National Scientist of the Philippines in 1985 for his distinguished contributions in the field of history. ![]()
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