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Born Esabelio Veloso Abueva, he was named after the younger sister of his paternal grandmother, Isabel. [3] He assumed the name Napoleon at the age of six, when as a student at the St. Joseph Academy in Tagbilaran, one of the nuns first called him Napoleon after Napoleon Bonaparte. The name stuck, and ever since, Abueva referenced the quote ...
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Abueva is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Calvin Abueva (born 1988), Filipino basketball player; José Abueva (1928–2021), Filipino political scientist and scholar; Napoleon Abueva (1930–2018), National Artist of the Philippines
Napoleon: A Biography (2003) 752pp, stress on military; Roberts, Andrew. Napoleon: A Life (2014) Rose, Tom Holland. The Life of Napoleon I: Including New Materials from the British Official Records, (2 vol 1903), old but solid scholarship; online edition vol 2; Schom, Alan. Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life (1997), 944pp; argues Napoleon was a ...
Guillermo Tolentino's works and memorabilia are mainly housed in Gallery XII or Security Bank Hall of the National Museum of Fine Arts. This was possible with the collaboration of his family, Security Bank president Frederick Dy, Judy Araneta-Roxas, Ernesto and Araceli Salas, and Nestor Jordin.
Andrea Ofilada Veneracion (or Ma'am OA; July 11, 1928 – July 9, 2013) [1] was a Filipino choral conductor and a recipient of the 1999 National Artist for Music award. [2] She founded the Philippine Madrigal Singers in 1963. [3]
Napoleon Bonaparte [b] (born Napoleone Buonaparte; [1] [c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Romero was born on July 7, 1924. His father was José E. Romero, the first Philippine Ambassador to the Court of St. James's.His mother was Pilar Guzman Sinco, a schoolteacher and the sister of University of the Philippines President Vicente G. Sinco who signed the United Nations Charter in 1945 on behalf of the Philippines.