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Teodoro Agoncillo

Filipino historian (1912–1985)

"History of the Filipino People" redirects here. For Filipino history, see History of the Philippines.

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Andal and the surname or paternal family name is Agoncillo.

Teodoro Andal Agoncillo (November 9, 1912 – January 14, 1985) was a Filipino historian from the 20th century. He and his contemporary, Renato Constantino, were among the first Filipino historians renowned for promoting a Filipino nationalist historiography. Agoncillo was a professor at the University of the Philippines (UP) and chaired the UP Department of History from 1963 to 1969. His seminal work, The Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan (1956), recounts the early phase of Philippine Revolution led by Andrés Bonifacio's Katipunan. He also authored History of the Filipino People, a standard textbook first published in 1960. In 1985, Agoncillo was posthumously named a National Scientist of the Philippines.

Early life

Agoncillo was born in Lemer

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Teodoro Andal Agoncillo

Born Teodoro Andal Agoncillo

November 9, 1912

Lemery, Batangas, Philippine Islands

Died January 14, 1985 (aged 72)

Nationality Filipino

Alma mater University of the Philippines Manila

Occupation Historian

Awards National Scientist of the Philippines

Teodoro Andal Agoncillo (November 9, 1912 – January 14, 1985) was a prominent 20th-
century Filipino historian. He and his contemporary Renato Constantino were among the first Filipino
historians renowned for promoting a distinctly nationalist point of view of Filipino history (nationalist
historiography). He was also an essayist and a poet.
Agoncillo is related to Don Felipe Agoncillo, the Filipino diplomat who

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History from our perspective: The legacy of historian Teodoro Agoncillo

For some history buffs and enthusiasts, nothing is more frustrating than putting history in a box. To where should history go: to the sciences, or the humanities?

For National Scientist Teodoro Agoncillo, however, the answer is both.

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.

Beginnings

Born on November 9, 1912 in Lemery, Batangas, Agoncillo came from a family that was much involved in the 1896 Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War.

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.

He finished his Bachelor’s in Philosophy (1934) and Master’s in History (1939) at the University of the Philipp