DID YOU KNOW: Leon Ma. Guerrero

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 21:00:02 +0000

The late Leon Ma. Guerrero was born in January 21, 1853 in Ermita, Manila.

Guerrero finished pharmacy at the University of Santo Tomas in 1876 and was one of the first Filipinos to become a licensed pharmacist.

A known botanist, he also published several papers on zoology, ornithology and lepidopterology.

He became a member of the Malolos Congress and National Assembly in 1907.

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Guerrero died on April 13, 1935. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research

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