Ferdinand Matthaeus Johann Blumentritt Amalia Ecatherina Schneider
Ferdinand Johann Franz Blumentritt (10 September 1853,Prague – 20 September 1913,Litoměřice) was anAustrian teacher,secondary school principal inLeitmeritz, lecturer, and author of articles and books about thePhilippines and its ethnography. He is well known in the Philippines for his close friendship with the writer andPropagandistJosé Rizal, and the numerous correspondence between the two provide a vital reference for historians and scholars studying Rizal,[1] including his last letter from prison before the execution.
Blumentritt wrote extensively about the Philippines, although he never visited the islands, corresponding with the then Filipino student and writerJosé Rizal, who later became a national hero. Blumentritt's relationship with Rizal began as early as July 1886.[2] Blumentritt became one of Rizal's closest confidants although they met only once. He translated a chapter of the latter's first book,Noli Me Tangere, into German and wrote the preface to Rizal's second book,El filibusterismo, although he was against its publication as he believed that it would lead to Rizal's death. These two novels are commentaries disguised as fiction which angered both the Catholic Church and the Spanish colonial government, and which eventually led to Rizal's 1896 trial and execution. Before the execution inManila, Rizal wrote his final letter for Blumentritt.[3][4] Blumentritt reportedly cried after receiving the letter.
Alongside Rizal, Blumentritt was a significant contributor to the publicationLa Solidaridad, published by Filipino expatriates from 1889 to 1895 as a voice for advocacy of political reforms in the Philippines.[5] From 1900, Blumentritt was a member of the Berlin Society for Anthropology.
Alphabetisches Register der Reifeprüfungsvorschriften.Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1909
Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der gebräuchlichsten Aquarellfarben. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1910
America and the Philippines (1900)
Die Chinesen auf den Philippinen. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1879
Diccionario mitologico de Filipinas. Madrid, 1895
Einige Manuskripte aus dem 17. und 18. Jahrhundert. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1904
Einiges über Juan Valera. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1894
Introduction to theNoli me tangere of Rizal. Barcelona, 1889
Introduction to theSucesos de las islas Filipinas of Antonio de Morga, annotated by Rizal. Paris, 1890
Die Erdbeben des Juli 1880 auf den Philippinen
Die Goldfundstellen auf den Philippinen und ihre Ausbeutung
Holländische Angriffe auf die Philippinen im 16., 17., und 18. Jahrhundert. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1880
Das Kaiserbild. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1899
J. C. Labhart-Lutz. Ein Nachruf. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1889
Die Philippinen. Eine übersichtliche Darstellung der ethnographischen und historischpolitischen Verhältnisse des Archipels. Hamburg, 1900
Die Sprachgebiete Europas am Ausgange des Mittelalters, verglichen mit den Zuständen der Gegenwart.Prague (Czech:Praha), 1883
Strömungen und Gezeiten an der Küste von Mindanao.
Der "Tratado Anonimo" über den Aufstand der Cumuneros gegen König Carl V. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1878
Versuch einer Ethnographie der Philippinen.[=Towards an ethnography of the Philippines]Gotha, 1882. Translated from the German into English by Marcelino N. Maceda.[6]
Vocabular einzelner Ausdrücke und Redensarten, welche dem Spanischen der philippinischen Inseln eigenthümlich sind. Leitmeritz (Czech:Litoměřice), 1882, 1883–1884|8, 1885|5.
Jindřich Tomas:Jose Rizal, Ferdinand Blumentritt and the Philippines in the New Age. The City of Litomerice: Czech. Publishing House Oswald Praha, 1998.
The Dapitan Correspondence of Dr.Jose Rizal and Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt. Compiled by Romeo G. Jalosjos. City government of Dapitan: Philippines, 2007.ISBN978-971-93553-0-4.
Harry Sichrovsky:Der Revolutionär von Leitmeritz. Ferdinand Blumentritt und der philippinische Freiheitskampf. Wien: Österr. Bundesverl., 1983.ISBN3-215-04989-9
Lea-Katharina Steller (née Blumentritt-Virághalmy),Ferdinand Blumentritt In:Unitas, a scholarly publication of theUniversity of Santo Tomas. Ed. I. C. Abaño OP.Manila, 2006/Dezember.
Harry Sichrovsky: "Blumentritt and Rizal. The Austrian Friend behind the Philippine National Hero." Austromedia Corp, Makati 2011 (152 pages),ISBN978-971-95152-0-3
^"Blumentritt on the Philippines".The Hartford Daily Courant (Snippet of article). November 22, 1901. p. 10. RetrievedApril 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
