Philippine academic, historian, and anthropologist
Esperidión Arsenio Manuel (1909 - 2003), known as E. Arsenio Manuel, was a Philippine academic, historian, and anthropologist best known for his contributions to Philippine anthropology, history, literature, and linguistics.[1] During a three-decade academic career at the University of the Philippines, he wrote a seminal survey of Philippine folk epics, and was responsible for discovering and publishing folk epics from the Manuvu, Matigsalug, and Ilianon peoples.[1]
He is sometimes referred to as the "Dean of Filipino Anthropology" and "Father of Philippine Folklore."[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]