Anacleto del Rosario: A Filipino with Great Impact Made in Chemistry
                     Luis Anton Imperial A Filipino with Great Impact Made in Chemistry January 29, 2020
A Filipino with Great Impact Made 
in Chemistry
Anacleto del Rosario
 Agricultural chemist
 Had a degree in pharmacy from the University of Santo
Tomas
 Scientist from the Laboratorio Municipal de la Ciudad de
Manila
He was a leading Filipino chemist during the Spanish Period and
was considered the Father of Philippine Science and Laboratory.
His formula for the production of a pure kind of alcohol from tuba
of a nipa palm won for him the first prize at the World Fair in Paris
in 1881. He extracted castor oil from a native plant called palma
christi.
Sources
 Unsung Heroes of the Philippine Revolution: Ang mga Pilipino sa Ating Kasaysayan, a Centennial 
Resource Book, MSC Institute of Technology.
 Medina, Marielle. “Did you know: Father of Laboratory Science in PH.” Inquirer Research, The 
Philippine Daily Inquirer.
 Papa, Rey Donne and Jonathan Carlo Briones. “The History of Freshwater Research in the 
Philippines with Notes on its Origins in the University of Santo Tomas and Present-Day 
Contributions.” Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology, Association of Systematic Biologists of 
the Philippines.