First Filipino Accountant: Vicente F. Fabella

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Posted by geemiz | Posted in Trivias & Biographies | Posted on 08-10-2010

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“Educator, economist, civic leader and first Filipino certified public accountant”

Biography:
Name: Vicente F. Fabella
Birth Date: May 7, 1981
Birth Place: Pagsanjan, Laguna
Parents: Juan Fabella (Former mayor of Pagsanjan) and Damiana Fernandez
Number of Siblings: six
Spouse: Carmen de Jesus
Children: Sor Maria del Carmen, armand and Virginia

Schools Attended:
University of the Philippines 1912 – Bachelor of Philosophy (undergraduate)
University of Chicago – Bachelor of Philosophy
Northwestern University 1915 – Bachelor in Commerce

Who is the Father of Accounting?

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Posted by geemiz | Posted in Trivias & Biographies | Posted on 05-07-2010

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The first accountant or the so called the father of accounting is a Franciscan friar and an Italian mathematician by the name of Luca Bartolomeo Pacioli.

Biography

Name : Luca Bartolomeo Pacioli
aka : Fra Luca Pacioli
Birth date : 1446 – 1447
Died: June 19, 1517
Parents: Bartholomeus Pacioli

Education

– his teacher was Piero della Francesca
– attended mathematics lecture at mathematician Domenico Bragadino in the Scuolo di Rialto

Work

– teaches university mathematics at different Italian universities
– author of different books of mathematics
– chair in mathematics of two universities
– private tutor of mathematics
– taught mathematics to Leonardo da Vinci