Jose Rizal: His Studies, His Journeys, and the Shaping of a Reformer

Vocabulary flashcards focusing on key individuals, locations, aliases, and titles related to Jose Rizal's education and overseas journeys between 1870 and 1889.

Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz

Rizal's strict teacher in Biñan (1870–71) under whom he received his early education.

Juancho

The teacher in Biñan from whom Rizal learned drawing.

Pedro

The son of Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz in Biñan with whom Rizal had a famous wrestling match.

Fr. José Villaclara and Fr. Francisco de Paula Sánchez

Mentors at the Ateneo who nurtured Rizal's writing and intellectual curiosity.

Sobresaliente

The highest distinction with which Rizal graduated from the Ateneo.

José Mercado

The secret name under which Rizal traveled to Europe in May 1882.

Dr. Louis de Wecker

The ophthalmologist in Paris (1885–86) under whom Rizal trained to prepare for treating his mother's eyes.

Dr. Otto Becker

The doctor in Heidelberg, Germany under whom Rizal studied in 1886–87.

Dr. Maximo Viola

The friend who helped Rizal publish Noli Me Tangere in Berlin in March 1887.

Ferdinand Blumentritt

A friend of Rizal in Germany to whom he declared that "without education and liberty … no reform is possible."

Doctor Uliman

The name under which Rizal was known when he opened a medical clinic in Calamba in August 1887.

La Liga Filipina

An organization founded by Rizal in Tondo in June 1892.

Governor-General Eulogio Despujol

The Spanish official who arrested Rizal in June 1892 and exiled him to Dapitan.

Jose Maria Basa

An exiled reformist met by Rizal in Hong Kong in February 1888 with whom he toured Macau.

Balbino Mauricio

An exiled reformist met by Rizal in Hong Kong whose mansion inspired Capitán Tiago's house.

Seiko Usui (O-Sei-San)

Rizal's tutor in Japan who taught him Japanese and with whom he had a deep romance.

Dr. Reinhold Rost

The scholar who aided Rizal during his work at the British Museum in London.

Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas

The historical work by Antonio Morga annotated by Rizal at the British Museum to prove the Philippines had a rich pre-colonial civilization.

Dimas Alang

The pen name used by Rizal when writing for La Solidaridad.