Lope Santos was a Tagalog language writer and is considered as the Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar.

LOPE SANTOS

Santos was an expert in dupluhan, a popular poetical debate competition in his time, which can be compared to balagtasan, a similar contest but with shorter discourse.

In 1900, Santos served as editor on publications written in Tagalog and was appointed as director of the (National Language Institute).

Santos also was the governor of Rizal province from 1910 to 1913, and governor of Nueva Vizcaya from 1918 to 1920. During the 5th Legislature, between 1919 and 1922, he also served as Senator .

25 September 1879

to 1 May 1963