As quoted by Hartendorp “Don Pañong – Genius" in Philippine Magazine (September 1929).
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He was the first highly educated and cultured Filipino to direct he attention of his countrymen to their illustrious men, and to their art, literature, poetry and music.
— Epifanio de los Santos
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About Epifanio de los Santos
Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal (7 April 1871 – 18 April 1928), sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong, was a Filipino humanist historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, scholar, painter, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, archivist, journalist, chief-editor, bibliographer, paleographer, ethnographer, biographer, civil servant and patriot. He was appointed director of the Philippine Library and Museum by Governor General Leonard Wood in 1925.
About Epifanio de los Santos
Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal (7 April 1871 – 18 April 1928), sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong, was a Filipino humanist historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, scholar, painter, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, archivist, journalist, chief-editor, bibliographer, paleographer, ethnographer, biographer, civil servant and patriot. He was appointed director of the Philippine Library and Museum by Governor General Leonard Wood in 1925.
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