Epifanio de los Santos
Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal (born April 7, 1871 in Malabon , † April 18, 1928 in Manila ) was a Filipino humanities scholar , lawyer , patriot and director of a forerunner of the National Library of the Philippines and the National Museum of the Philippines .
He was born the son of Don Escolastico de los Santos and Doña Antonina Cristobal. At the age of seven he began his education at the Ateneo Municipal, now Ateneo de Manila University , in Manila. He was considered to be open-minded and quick to grasp, so that on March 16, 1890, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with the grade summa cum laude. After graduation, he began his law studies at the Pontifical and Royal University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Manila , which he graduated with a Licentiate in Law in 1898. During his studies he was taught by Cayetano Arellano , among others .
In the final phase of the Philippine Revolution in 1898 he was the editor of the newspaper La Libertad . After they were banned, he wrote articles in the newspaper La Independencia under the pseudonym G. Solon, which alluded to the Greek philosopher Solon . After the war ended, he became provincial governor of Nueva Ecija in 1902 and was re-elected in 1904. During his tenure, he was appointed to the Philippine Commission and represented the Philippines at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. After his second term, he was appointed Appointed Public Prosecutor in Bataan and Bulacan Provinces in 1906 .
In the early 1920s he traveled to Europe and visited England , Spain , Belgium , Holland , Germany and Austria . During his trip he collected numerous rare books and documents on Filipino history.
On May 16, 1925, he was appointed director of the Philippine Library and Museum , now the National Museum of the Philippines and the National Library of the Philippines . De Los Santos died in his office on April 18, 1928 of complications from a heart attack . Highway 54, Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, was named after him . Under the short names EDSA, his name went down in the history of the Philippines with the EDSA Revolution 1986, the EDSA II Revolution in 2001 and the EDSA III Revolution in 2009 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Santos, Epifanio de los |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malabon |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1928 |
| Place of death | Manila |