Agoncillo is related to Don Felipe Agoncillo, the Filipino diplomat who represented the Philippines in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Paris 1898, Dona Marcela Agoncillo,the principal seamstress of the Philippine flag.
Gregorio Zaide, Teodoro Agoncillo, Reynaldo Ileto and Renato Constantino stand as the most prominent 20th-century Filipino historians to emerge during the post-war period. This is despite Agoncillo"s controversial tone and for his perceived leftist bent. He served in this capacity until his death in 1985.Īgoncillo"s History of the Filipino People, first published in 1960, remains a popular standard textbook in many Filipino universities, as are many of Agoncillo"s other works. He remained with the university until his retirement in 1977, chairing the Department of History from 1963 to 1969. In 1958, Agoncillo was invited to join the faculty of the Department of History of his alma mater, the University of the Philippines. He garnered acclaim for this book, as well as criticisms from more conservative historians discomfited by the work"s nationalist bent.
In 1956, he published his seminal work, Revolt of the Masses: The Story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan, a history of the 1896 Katipunan-led revolt against Spanish rule and its leader, Andres Bonifacio. He earned his living as a linguistic assistant at the Institute of National Language and as an instructor at the Far Eastern University and the Manuel L. Born in Lemery, Batangas to Pedro Agoncillo and Feliza Andal, Agoncillo obtained a bachelor"s degree in philosophy from the University of the Philippines in 1934 and a master"s degree in the arts from the same university the following year. Agoncillo was also among the few academics who held the rank of University Professor, an academic rank given to outstanding faculty members with specialization in more than one of the traditional academic domains (Science & Technology.Īnd Arts & Humanities), at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He was named National Scientist of the Philippines in 1985 for his distinguished contributions in the field of history.
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