Pascual H. Poblete ( Filipino: ''Pascual Poblete Hicaro''; May 17, 1857—February 5, 1921) was a Filipino writer, journalist, and linguist, remarkably noted as the first translator of

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's novel '' Noli Me Tangere'' into the

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. Poblete was well-known for organizing the short-lived earlier ''Partido Nacionalista'' which existed from August 28, 1901 until 1907. He was also a member of '' Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina'', the first-ever labor union in the Philippines, and was one of the founding and pioneering members of the Philippine Independent Church. He and

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founded in 1882 the '' Diariong Tagalog'', the first bilingual

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in the Philippines. He edited the

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section while Marcelo H. del Pilar did the Spanish section. Poblete is popularly referred as the "Father of the Revolutionary Philippine Newspaper".

Early life and education

Pascual H. Poblete was born ''Pascual Hicaro y Poblete'' on May 17, 1857 to Filipinos Francisco Hicaro and María Poblete in 1857 at Naic,

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. He had later personally preferred to use his mother's surname. He graduated ''Bachelor of Arts'' at the Liceo de Manila. He was a

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Personal life and death

Poblete married Leonicia Rieta of Manila, with whom he had five children. Poblete remarried after the death of Rieta. His second wife was Rafaela Alemany, a Spanish, by whom he had seven children. Poblete died of a heart attack in Manila on February 5, 1921 at age 63.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Poblete, Pascual H. Writers from Cavite Filipino socialists Filipino feminists Filipino writers Filipino writers of bilingual works 1857 births 1921 deaths Male feminists Members of the Philippine Independent Church