Rafael Palma

Rafael Palma
File:Rafael Palma y Velasquez circa 1915.jpg
Born	October 24, 1874 Manila Captaincy General of the Philippines
Died	Manila Commonwealth of the Philippines
Occupation	Politician, journalist, educator

Rafael Palma y Velasquez (24 October 1874 – 24 May 1939) was a Filipino politician, Rizalian, writer, educator and a famous Freemason. He became the fourth President of the University of the Philippines.

Biography

Palma was born in Manila on 24 October 1874 to Don Hermogenes Palma, a clerk at the Intendencia Office, and Hilária Velasquez. His younger brother was the soldier-poet José Palma–the author of the Spanish poem «Filipinas», which was, along with its subsequent translations, used in the Philippine National Anthem.

He was later elected a Senator under the Nacionalista Party, consistently representing the 4th District, in both the 1916 and 1919 senatorial polls.

Palma died in Manila on 24 May 1939.

Honours

Books

• The Pride of the Malay Race, the English translation by Justice Román Ozaeta of Palma's biography of Filipino national hero José Rizal.
• The Woman and the Right to Vote
• The New Mentality, 1929.

Places named after him

• Barangay Rafael Palma Real Estate Property, Diffun, Quirino.
• Palma Hall, which houses the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy of the University of the Philippines–Diliman, was named after him.
• University of Bohol, a private school in Tagbilaran, Bohol was named the Rafael Palma College in 1946 until it was given its present name.
• Palma Bridge, University of the Philippines Los Baños
• There are many other schools in the country which are named after Rafael Palma, like Rafael Palma Elementary School, in Makati and Rafael Palma Elementary School, Zobel Roxas Street, Manila.

External links

• Works by Rafael Palma at Project Gutenberg
• http://www.glphils.org/kinship/palma.htm