Encarnación Alzona
Encarnación Alzona | |
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Official portrait, National Academy of Science and Technology | |
| 3rd Chairperson of National Historical Commission of the Philippines | |
| In office September 1966 – July 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Eulogio Balan Rodriguez |
| Succeeded by | Carmen Guerrero Nakpil |
| 2nd Chairperson of University of the Philippines Diliman Department of History | |
| In office 1923–1926 | |
| Preceded by | Austin Craig |
| Succeeded by | Leandro Fernández |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Encarnación Alzona y Amoranto March 23, 1895 Biñan, Laguna, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
| Died | March 13, 2001 (aged 105) Manila, Philippines |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Manila (BA, MA) Radcliffe College, Harvard University (MA) Columbia University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Historian, academic, suffragist |
| Known for | National Scientist of the Philippines |
Encarnación Amoranto Alzona (March 23, 1895 – March 13, 2001) was a pioneering Filipino historian, educator and suffragist. The first Filipino woman to obtain a Ph.D., she was conferred in 1985 the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines.