Rizal

Linguistic Studies
 wrote the Tagalog grammar

 made a comparative study of the

Bisayan
and Malayan languages
 Rizal knew 22 languages
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Tagalog Greek Hebrew Japanese

Ilokano English Sanskrit Portugue
Bisayan French Dutch se
Subanun Germa Catalan Swedish
Spanish n Italian Russian
Latin Arabic Chinese
Malay
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Artistic works in
Dapitan

 paintings, sketches,
sculptures
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Paintings…
 contributed his painting
skill to the Sisters of Charity
(in Mabolo) –
sanctuary of the Holy
Virgin
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Sketches…
 anything that attracted Rizal in
Dapitan
 Rizal drew the 3 rare species of
animals, which he had
(dragon, frog, beetle)
discovered
 numerous fishes he caught in
the
waters of Dapitan
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Apogonia
rizali

Rhacophorus
rizali
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Sculptures…

“The Mother’s
Revenge”
 a statuette representing a
mother-dog
killing a crocodile.
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Other Sculptural Works:

 bust of Father Guerrero (one of
Rizal’s
 bust of St. Ateneo professors)
Paul (gave this to Fr.
Pastells)
 statue of a girl called “The Dapitan
Girl”
 woodcarving of Josephine Bracken
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“The Dapitan
Girl”
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Rizal as a Farmer
 bought 16 ha of land in Talisay

 later, his total holdings reached 70

ha
 6,000 hemp plants
 1,000 coconut trees
 fruit trees, sugarcane, corn, coffee, cac
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 introduced modern methods of

agriculture
from Europe and America
 encouraged the local farmers to
discard
their primitive system
 imported agricultural machinery
from US
 proposed to establish a “new
Calamba”
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Rizal as a Businessman
 partnership with Ramon Carreon
 profitable business ventures in
fishing,
copra,
 lime and hemp industries
manufacturing
 improved fishing industry of Dapitan
 Jan. 1, 1985 – Cooperative
Association of
Dapitan Farmers
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Rizal’s Inventive Ability

 back in 1887, invented a cigarette
lighter
which he sent as a gift to
Blumentritt
 in(sulpukan)
Dapitan, he invented a machine
for
making bricks
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