Isabelo delos reyes biography of william shakespeare in 400 words

Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino , also known as Don Belong July 7, — October 10, , was a prominent Filipino patriot, politician, writer, journalist, and labor activist in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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He was the original founder and proclaimer of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente , the first-ever Filipino independent Christian Church in history in the form of a nationalist church , which was proclaimed in As a young man, de los Reyes followed his mother 's footsteps by initially turning to writing as a career; his works were part of the Exposicion General de las Islas Filipinas in Madrid.

He was deported to the Kingdom of Spain , where he was jailed for his activities until While living and working in Madrid, he was influenced by the writings of European socialists and Marxists. Returning to the Philippines in , de los Reyes founded the first modern trade union federation in the country in He also was active in seeking independence from the United States.

After serving in the Philippine Senate in the s, he settled into private life and religious writing. De los Reyes wrote on diverse topics in history, folklore, language, politics, and religion. Once, he led a student strike against the friars to protest the maltreatment of students. In at age 16, de los Reyes went to Manila without his uncle's consent, [ 3 ] where he finished Bachiller en Artes at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

After that, he studied the Civil Code, Penal Code, the Mercantile Code, judicial proceedings and drafting documents, palaeography , and anthropology at the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas.