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(Isabelo de los Reyes)
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 As a boy, he studied at the Vigan Seminary, where he began to hate the friars because of their maltreatment of the students that led them to strike. In June 1880, at 16, he went to Manila and enrolled as a self-supporting student at the San Juan de Letran College where he obtained the grades of sobresaliente in all subjects when he graduated with the Bachelor of Arts Degree. He later studied law in the University of Santo Tomas, and registered for courses in paleography, history and anthropology. He was flexing the universality of his interests.
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He became a notary at the age of 22.  As the legal age to practice law was 25, he turned his attention towards journalism.
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His first article dealt with the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1319/the-story-of-li-ma-hong-and-his-failed-attempt-to-conquer-manila-in-1574" class="news_link">Invasion of Limahong</a>, which appeared in the <i>Diario de Manila</i> in November 1882. Then he founded the first vernacular paper, <i>El Ilocano</i>. He published the prize winning books, the <i>Historia de Ilocos</i>, Folklore Filipino and also Las Islas Visayas en la epoca de la Conquista: He edited books and leaflets, contributed articles to various Spanish periodicals, wrote articles criticizing the Spanish maladministration in the Philippines, and openly attacked the religious and Spanish writers.
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On June 14, 1884, he married Josefa Sevilla, a Filipina beauty of Malabon. As he had a growing family to support, he engaged in business, but never prospered. He then returned to journalism and literature.
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July 7, 1864: Isabelo de los Reyes was born in Vigan, Ilocos Sur