Epifanio de los Santos
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Isauro Gabaldon | |
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Member of the Malolos Congress from Nueva Ecija | |
In office September 15, 1898 – November 13, 1899 Serving with José Turiano Santiago and Gregorio Macapinlac | |
Personal details | |
Born | Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal April 7, 1871 Malabon, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines |
Died | April 18, 1928 Manila, Philippine Islands | (aged 57)
Spouse(s) | Ursula Paez Margarita Torralba |
Children | 12 |
Alma mater | Ateneo Municipal de Manila (BA) University of Santo Tomas (LLB) |
Occupation |
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Known for | The First Filipino Academician,[2][3] Great among the Great Filipino Scholars,[4][5][6] A Man of Many Talents[7][8][9] |
Nickname(s) | Don Pañong, G. Solon (pen name), Señor de los Santos, ED or EDS (acronym) |
Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, also known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong (April 7, 1871 – April 18, 1928), was a notable Filipino historian, journalist, and civil servant.
Early life and marriage
Epifanio de los Santos was born in April 7, 1871, in Potrero,
Epifanio's first wife was Doña Ursula Paez of Malabon; his second was Margarita Torralba of Malolos. Jose, his son to his first wife, became a historian, biographer, and collector. His brother, Escolastico, became a pianist for silent films and has made artistic contributions as a poet and a realist story teller in Philippine magazines and newspapers. Socrates, his son from second wife, became a leading Pentagon aeronautics engineer in his time.
He has two lines of descendants with four children on his first wife Ursula Paez namely Jose, Rosario, Escolastico and Antonio and eight children on his second wife Margarita Torralba namely Leticia, Fernando, Socrates, Federico, Hipatia Patria, Espacia Lydia, Glicera Ruth & Margarita.
Literary and scholarly works
Epifanio was considered one of the best Filipino writers in Spanish of his time and regarded as a literary
Epifanio was a young associate editor of the revolutionary paper "La Independencia" (1898), writing in prose under the pen name G. Solon and also a member of the Malolos Congress. He also co-founded other newspapers like La Libertad, El Renaciemento, La Democracia, La Patria and Malaysia. He also made valuable publications namely; Algo de Prosa (1909), Literatura Tagala (1911), El Teatro Tagala (1911) Nuestra Literatura (1913), El Proceso del Dr. José Rizal (1914), Folklore Musical de Filipinas (1920). He also authored Filipinos y filipinistas (Filipinos and Filipinists), Filipinas para los Filipinos, Cuentos y paisajes Filipinos (Philippine Stories and Scenes) and Criminality in the Philippines (1903–1908).
He was a member of Samahan ng mga Mananagalog which was initiated by Felipe Calderon in 1904, and it includes active members with the likes of Lope K. Santos, Rosa Sevilla, Hermenegildo Cruz, Jaime C. de Veyra and Patricio Mariano.[19] He was a polyglot, being fluent in Spanish, English, French, German, Ita, Tingian, and Ibalao. He notably translated Florante and Laura classically into sonorous Castilian.[12] As one of the brilliant writers in the Golden Age of Fil-Hispanic literature who had published numerous titles and books, he was an honorary member of the Academia Filipina de la Lengua Española.[20]
As a versatile researcher, he also contributed to early Philippine studies on anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, linguistics and demographics.[21][22]
Collections
Epifanio de los Santos traveled to many places in Europe, Asia, and Americas searching for rare Philippine documents in museums, archives, and libraries. He collected almost 200 paintings and sculpted pieces done by
According to Zaide, there are documents and printed matter in his collection that cannot be found elsewhere, not even in the Filipiniana Division of The National Library nor in any library the world over, the
In all, there are 115 printed matter and 213 documents in the collection dealing with
After de los Santos's death, the Philippine Legislature, by virtue of the Philippine Clarin Act, negotiated with the widow and heirs of the great collector for the purchase of the collection and library. The Philippine government bought the priceless collections for ₱19,250.00.[23]
Other interests
Aside from his scholarly works on different facets of the Philippines, he was also known to be one of the best guitarists at that time. According to Teodoro Agoncillo, there were at least two guitarists that could contend with him, and these were Fernando Canon and General Antonio Luna. For him, music is the embodiment of happiness of the soul, the one that could refreshen the withered spirit.[24]
There was even a story that de los Santos and his friend, Clemente Jose Zulueta had a bitter face-off in the office of La Independencia and Antonio Luna offered to pacify the two gentlemen and he offer his guitar to the one who would win the argumentation, and de los Santos won so he received Luna's guitar.[25]
Public service
Epifanio de los Santos was elected the
The last and most significant position de los Santos held was Director of the
Death and legacy
He died in office on April 18, 1928, 11 days after his 57th birthday. The Philippine government paid him the tribute of a state funeral. Local and foreign scholars lamented the loss of one who they described as a "Great among the Great Filipino Scholars."
Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (commonly known as EDSA), the main road through Metro Manila, was named after him.[11] Several schools, streets, a college, a hospital, a printing press and an auditorium in National Library of the Philippines were also named in his honor.
References
- ^ a b c Ocampo, Ambeth (November 9, 2016). "A past librarian and the need for a new one". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ Bacallan, Joyce. 1988. Hero of the month- Epifanio delos Santos- a great Filipino academician. The youngster. p. 7.
- ^ Epifanio de los Santos (undated)Printed by National Bookstore. Manila, Philippines 260061
- ^ Zaide, Gregorio F. 1965.Epifanio de los Santos: Great among the great Filipino scholars. In Great Filipinos in history. 88: 575-581.
- ^ Epifanio de los Santos (Great among the great Filipino scholars). 1982. Printed by Merriam School & Office. Supplies Corporation, Manila.
- ^ Epifanio de los Santos (Pinakadakilang Iskolar Na Pilipino). 1988. Karapatang-ari ng Merriam & Websters.
- ^ Philippine National Heroes from Philippine Centennial 1898-1998 Philippine National Heroes. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ISBN 978-971-0328-22-2
- ^ Filipinas Heritage Library - Himig (Filipino Music Trivia) Himig | Features accessed December 14, 2010
- ^ a b c d Afan, Carolina L. Epifanio de los Santos y Cristobal. Filipiniana Division. National Library. Government Property. ISBN does not apply.
- ^ a b Philippines Laws, Statutes and Codes Virtual Law Library: Epifanio de los Santos Avenue accessed December 15, 2010
- ^ ISBN 978-971-27-0929-6
- ^ a b c Cayco, Libardo D. Epifanio de los Santos Cristobal. Manila. National Heroes Day. Filipiniana Division. National Library. Government Property. Archived from the original.
- ^ Dungo, Dolores T. Epifanio de los Santos. Epifanio de los Santos College, Malabon, Rizal.
- ^ a b Palma, Rafael. 1930. Epifanio de los Santos Cristobal.(English translation by Tiburcio Tumaneng from the Spanish Original). Manila. p.4. Archived from the original. Filipiniana Division. National Library-Government Property. (ISBN does not apply)
- ^ ISSN 0303-8564
- ^ a b The Manila Tribune. April 19, 1928.
- ^ Hardtendorp, A. V. H. Don Pañong – genius. Philippine Magazine 26 (Sept.) 210-11, 234-235.
- ISBN 971-550-496-5
- ISBN 978-971-8551-54-7
- ^ Afan, Carolina L. Epifanio de los Santos y Cristobal (In listed works). Filipiniana Division. National Library. Government Property. p. 37. (ISBN does not apply)
- ^ The Philippine journal of science- Anthropology. [Vol. 77, no. 1]. As coworkers in Archaeology. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library. 2005. p. 223
- ^ Zaide, Gregorio F. 1930. Epifanio de los Santos, his collection and library. The Tribune Magazine. pp. 4–5
- ^ Agoncillo, Teodoro (1998). Bahaghari't Bulalakaw: Katipunan ng mga Sanaysay at Mga Pag-Aaral. University of the Philippines Press.
- ^ Agoncillo 1998, p. 287.
- ^ a b Pasion, Francis Kristoffer (April 6, 2021). "Epifanio de los Santos: Commemorating the Filipino genius on his 150th Birth Anniversary". Retrieved January 12, 2022.
- ^ Galvez, Manny (May 16, 2014). "Ecija town unveils monument of Epifanio de los Santos". The Philippine Star. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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External links
- Works by Epifanio de los Santos at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Epifanio de los Santos at Internet Archive
- Who is EDSA? Archived January 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- TOMAS L at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009) at www.geocities.com
- The North American Filipino Star - great composers and the success of the Kundiman at www.filipinostar.org
- Strangers to Us All - The World's Lawyer Poets at www.myweb.wvnet.edu
- Viva La Independencia! --> at www.pia.gov.ph
- Virtual Law Library: Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
- Epifanio Delos Santos: The historian who became part of history at https://news.google.com/newspapers
- Roles of Rizal, Bonifacio and other Heroes in the Development of the Republic of the Philippines from articles of Epifanio De Los Santos at http://www.malaya.com.ph