Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Norberto Lopez Romualdez Sr.

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
JUNE 6, 1875
Norberto Lopez Romualdez Sr. (June 6, 1875 - November 4, 1941), the “Father of the Law on National Language” was born in Burauen, Leyte. A member of the prominent Lopez clan of Leyte, he was the uncle of former First Lady Imelda Romualdez-Marcos whose father was his brother Vicente Orestes Lopez Romualdez. 

He was famous for his writings in the Waray-Waray dialect and was fluent in Spanish, English and Cebuano. Romualdez became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and was part of the 1934-35 Constitutional Convention.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan Uy)

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http://darthphilatelist.blogspot.com/2014/06/today-in-philippine-history-norberto.html
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