Manuel A. Zamora (1870-1929) was a Filipino chemist and pharmacist best known for his discovery of the tiki-tiki formula against beriberi.
Coming from an affluent family, he finished his primary education at the Ateneo Municipal.
Even as a student in UST, he was already engaged in various award-winning research works which culminated in his graduation in 1896, sobresaliente.
Aside from this, he was also an apprentice in Botica de Quiapo where he was trained to compound and dispense medicine.
[2] He married Baltazara Mangali with whom he had two children named Marciano and Felicidad.