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Wenceslao "Wenchesco" Emilio Retana y Gamboa (September 28, 1862 – January 21, 1924), also known as W.E. Retana or Wenceslao E. Retana, was a 19th-century
Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
polymath A polymath ( el, πολυμαθής, , "having learned much"; la, homo universalis, "universal human") is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific pro ...
. He was a civil servant, colonial administrator, writer, biographer, political commentator, publisher, bibliophile, bibliographer,
Filipiniana Filipiniana, or originally Filipiñana, based on the definition by Isagani Medina from "Collection Building: Filipiniana", in his ''In Developing Special Library Collections, Filipiniana: Proceedings'' (November 1992), are Philippine-related bo ...
collector, Spanish filipinologist, and
Philippine The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
scholar. Retana was a "onetime adversary" of Philippine national hero
José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national h ...
who later became an "admirer" who wrote the first biographical account of the life of Rizal entitled '' Vida y Escritos del Dr. José Rizal'' or "Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal".Roces, Alejandro R
Rizal's Death Anniversary
Roses & Thorns, Opinion, The Philippine Star, December 29, 2009, philstar.com
Yoder, Robert L

from footnotes of Chapter 18: Rizal the Man, joserizal.info
Rosa M. Vallejo described Retana as the "foremost" non-Filipino filipinologist.Vallejo, Rosa M
(...) "Wenceslao Emilio Retana y Gamboa, foremost foreign Filipinologist" (...)
Bibliographical Works, Philippine Bibliographies, ncca.gov.ph


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