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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Epifanio de los Santos, E. San Juan, Jr., Guillermo Gomez Rivera, Cirilo Bautista, Emmanuel F. Lacaba, Louie Jon Agustin Sanchez, Peter Solis Nery, Ivy Alvarez, Edgar Calabia Samar, Justino Romea, Ophelia Alcantara Dimalanta, Pete Lacaba, Marjorie Evasco, Danny Sillada, Francisco Balagtas, Jose Corazon de Jesus, Gemino Abad, Luis Eduardo Aute, Jesus Balmori, Emeniano Acain Somoza Jr, Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, Danton Remoto, Maningning Miclat, Lope K. Santos, John Iremil Teodoro, Frederick Kesner, Gilbert Luis Centina III, Julian Cruz Balmaceda, Alex C. Delos Santos, Benigno Ramos, Alfrredo Navarro Salanga, Jesus T. Peralta, Simeon Dumdum, Jr., Jesus Manuel Santiago, Cecilio Apostol, Amado Yuzon, Leona Florentino, R. Zulueta da Costa, Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido, Conchitina Cruz, Antonio Abad, Jose F. Lacaba, Pedro Bucaneg, Gaspar Aquino de Belen, Temistokles Adlawan, Paolo Manalo. Excerpt: Epifanio de los Santos y Cristobal, sometimes known as Don Panong or Don Panyong (April 7, 1871-April 18, 1928) was a noted Filipino historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, archivist, scholar, painter, poet, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, bibliographer, translator, journalist, editor, publisher, paleographer, ethnographer, biographer, researcher, civil servant, patriot and hero. He was appointed Director of the Philippine Library and Museum by Governor General Leonard Wood in 1925. Epifanio de lo Santos was born in 1871 in Malabon, Rizal (now an independent city) to Escolastico de los Santos of Nueva Ecija and musician Antonina Cristobal of Malabon. He studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila where he obtained a summa cum laude' of Bachelor of Arts degree. He devoted some time for painting but music became part of his daily life and was even awarded a professorship in music. He fin...
