Rafael Palma

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.

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.

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.

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• https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/p#a32184