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(Teodoro Agoncillo)
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Agoncillo started writing history from the so-called Filipino point of view, along with his contemporary historians Renato Constantino and Gregorio F. Zaide.
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They stand as the most prominent 20th century Filipino historians to emerge during the post-war period.
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Agoncillo's "History of the Filipino People" was first published in 1960. To date, it remains a popular standard textbook in many Filipino universities as are many of Agoncillo's other works.
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Some of his other well-known works include Revolt of the Masses (1956), Malolos: the Crisis of the Republic (1960), the Fateful Years (1965), and History of the Filipino People (1960) which are all still being used as textbooks in many schools.
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For this outstanding works as a historian, he was conferred as a National Scientist in 1985.
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Accordingly, Agoncillo obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of the Philippines (U.P.) in 1934 and a master's degree in the arts from the same university the following year.
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November 9, 1912: Teodoro A. Agoncillo was born in Lemery, Batangas