John "Jack" Norbert Schumacher (born June 17, 1927 – May 14, 2014) was a

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historian and educator known for his work exploring the

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's role in the 1896 Philippine revolution in ''Revolutionary Clergy'': ''The Filipino Clergy and the Nationalist Movement, 1850–1903'', first published in 1981. Schumacher was born in

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. He became a naturalized Filipino citizen in 1977. His body of work includes ''The

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, 1880–1895: The Creation of a Filipino Consciousness, the Making of the Revolution'' (1973); ''Making of a Nation: Essays on Nineteenth-Century Nationalism'' (1991); ''Father

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: A Documentary History'' (1999); and ''Growth and Decline: Essays on Philippine Church History'' (2009). Schumacher served as editor-in-chief of the ''

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'' journal from 1975 to 1978.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schumacher, John 1927 births 2014 deaths Jesuit historians and chroniclers 20th-century Filipino Jesuits Naturalized citizens of the Philippines Academic staff of Ateneo de Manila University 20th-century Filipino historians 21st-century Filipino historians