This book presents a scholarly biography of José Rizal, the foremost national hero of the Philippines, portraying him as a nationalist thinker and martyr of the anti-colonial struggle against Spanish rule. Written by Austin Coates, the work traces Rizal’s life from his early education and intellectual formation to his political writings, reformist activities, and eventual execution in 1896. …
In 1950, being at the time Assistant Colonial Secretary in Hongkong, Austin Coates made a study of Rizal's 1891-92 stay in the colony, interviewing people who had known Rizal or had memories of him. The author was a guest of the Philippine Government at the International Congress on Rizal, held at Manila in 1961. This biog- raphy was written during 1964-67. Born in London in 1922, son of the co…