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    Emilio Jacinto was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution known as the "Brains of the Katipunan." He joined the secret revolutionary society Katipunan at age 19 and became their secretary, advisor, and chief of fiscal matters. Despite being the youngest member, he authored the Katipunan's rules and helped grow its membership to 30,000. He became a general at age 21, fighting the Spanish near Manila. Even after the death of Katipunan president Andres Bonifacio, Jacinto continued the struggle until his death from malaria at age 23.

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    Emilio Jacinto was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution known as the "Brains of the Katipunan." He joined the secret revolutionary society Katipunan at age 19 and became their secretary, advisor, and chief of fiscal matters. Despite being the youngest member, he authored the Katipunan's rules and helped grow its membership to 30,000. He became a general at age 21, fighting the Spanish near Manila. Even after the death of Katipunan president Andres Bonifacio, Jacinto continued the struggle until his death from malaria at age 23.

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    Emilio Jacinto was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution known as the "Brains of the Katipunan." He joined the secret revolutionary society Katipunan at age 19 and became their secretary, advisor, and chief of fiscal matters. Despite being the youngest member, he authored the Katipunan's rules and helped grow its membership to 30,000. He became a general at age 21, fighting the Spanish near Manila. Even after the death of Katipunan president Andres Bonifacio, Jacinto continued the struggle until his death from malaria at age 23.

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    Emilio Jacinto was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution known as the "Brains of the Katipunan." He joined the secret revolutionary society Katipunan at age 19 and became their secretary, advisor, and chief of fiscal matters. Despite being the youngest member, he authored the Katipunan's rules and helped grow its membership to 30,000. He became a general at age 21, fighting the Spanish near Manila. Even after the death of Katipunan president Andres Bonifacio, Jacinto continued the struggle until his death from malaria at age 23.

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    Emilio Jacinto’s Biography

    Emilio Jacinto y Dizon was considered one of the greatest military geniuses of his time. He was
    a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and was known as the Brains of the
    Katipunan “Utak Ng Katipunan,” the revolutionary society led by Andress Bonifacio. Emilio
    Jacinto is the only child of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon, he was born on the 15th of
    December 1875 in Trozo, Tondo, Manila. Like Bonifacio, Emilio also comes from a poor family.
    Shortly after Emilio was born, his father passed away. This untimely death forced his mother to
    send him to live with his uncle, Don Jose Dizon (Josefina’s brother), because she thought that his
    uncle would be able to take better care of the young Emilio than she could. Furthermore, Emilio
    was severely injured in a battle at the Maimpis River in February of 1898 but found refuge in the
    Santa Maria Magdalena Parish Church, Although he survived this wound, he contracted malaria
    at the age of 23 and died in Majayjay, Laguna on April 16, 1899.

    Emilio was enrolled in San Juan de Letran College. However, he later on transferred to the
    University of Santo Tomas in order to study law, but Emilio left college before completing his
    law degree. Up until he entered college, little was known about Emilio's early years. It is known,
    however, that by the time he left for college, he was fluent in both Spanish and Tagalog, but he
    spoke primarily in Spanish most of the time. After dropping out of college, at the age of 19,
    although still young, Emilio joined the secret revolutionary society called the Katipunan or KKK
    (Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangan Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan — Supreme and
    Venerable Society of the Children of the Nation) aimed to fight for Philippine independence
    from Spain.

    Despite being the youngest member of the Katipunan, he was appointed as the secretary and
    advisor of Bonifacio as well as the chief advisor of the group’s fiscal matters. He was commonly
    known in the group as “Pingkian” and edited the Katipunan's newspaper, “Ang Kalayaan”,
    which served to inform the public of the organization's objectives and activities and boosted the
    group’s membership from 300 to 30,000 members before the revolution even broke out. He
    authored the Katipunan's Kartilya, which contained the organization's rules and principles. Under
    Emilio Jacinto pen name Dimas-Ilaw, he wrote Liwanag at Dilim (Light and Dark) and the poem
    A la Patria, or in English “To the Fatherland”. It was said that Dr. Jose Rizal and Marcelo H. Del
    Pilar inspired him to be a good writer during his time.

    At the young age of 21, Emilio became a general in the group's guerilla army, taking an active
    role in the fight against the Spanish near Manila. Even When Andres Bonifacio, the Supremo
    (Supreme President) of the Katipunan died, Jacinto pressed on with the Katipunan’s struggle.
    The self-proclaimed president of the Katipunan, Emilio Aguinaldo, then approached Emilio
    Jacinto, trying to recruit him to his branch of the organization, but just like general Mariano
    Álvarez, he refused to join the forces.

    Authority on the subject

    Emilio Jacinto is popularly known in Philippine history textbooks as the Brains of the Katipunan.
    Jacinto was present in the so-called Cry of Pugad Lawin (or Cry of Balintawak) with Andrés
    Bonifacio, the Supremo (Supreme President) of the Katipunan, and others of its members which
    signaled the start of the Revolution against the Spanish colonial government in the islands.
    Yourdictionary.com. (n.d.). Emilio Jacinto Biography. Retrieve from
    https://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/emilio-jacinto-biography.html

    Mandirima.org. (2011, June 7). Katipunero: Emilio Jacinto. The “Brains of the Katipunan.” (15
    December, 1875- 16 April, 1899). Retrieve from https://mandirigma.org/?p=749
    Benavidez, H. (2020, January 17). Emilio Jacinto biography, contribution, quotes. Retrieve from
    https://kami.com.ph/103789-emilio-jacinto-biography-contributio-quotes.html

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