Josefa M. Saniel (March 23, 1925 – December 21, 2023) was a Filipino scholar in the field of Filipino and

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. She was the dean of the

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from 1980 to 1985.

Academic career

Saniel got her bachelor's degree of Science in Education at the

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in 1949, her master's degree in history from the

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in 1953 and her PhD in Far Eastern Studies from the

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in 1962.

Death

Saniel died on December 21, 2023, at the age of 98.

Works

* ''Japan and the Philippines, 1868–1898'' (1963) * ''Okuma Shigenobu and the Philippine 1898 Problem'' (1965) * ''Japan and the Philippines: From Traditional to Modern Societies'' (1976)

References

External links

Professional CV from University of the Philippines
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