!!!Blumentritt, Ferdinand

b. Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 10, 1853, 
d. Leitmeritz (Litomeřice, Czech Republic), Sept. 20, 1913, 
secondary school teacher and headmaster at Leitmeritz; although he 
never visited the Philippines, he was one of the most knowledgeable 
students of Philippine affairs of his time. Personal friend of  the 
Philippine national hero Jose Rizal (correspondence).

!Publication
Versuch einer Ethnographie der Philippinen, 1882.

!Literature
H. Sichrovsky, Der Revolutionaer von Leitmeritz, 1983; 
idem, F. B.: An Austrian Life for the Philippines, 1987.



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