The First Filipino by León María Guerrero

The First Filipino 1962 (Awarded first prize in the Rizal Biography Contest under the auspices of the José Rizal National Centennial Commission.He also wrote the biography of Rizal: The First Filipino.

Guerrero was appointed head of the military pharmacy in Zamboanga City and at the marine hospital in Kawit, Cavite. Among his many works are internationally acclaimed translations of José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere and El filibusterismo. León María Guerrero y Leogardo (Janu April 13, 1935) was a Filipino writer, revolutionary leader, politician, the first licensed pharmacist in the Philippines, and one of the most eminent botanists in the country in his time. He held the rank of Knight Grand Cross of the Knights of Rizal. The First Filipino 1962 (Awarded first prize in the Rizal Biography Contest under the auspices of the Jos Rizal National Centennial Commission.) El Si y El No. On June 19, 1982, only a few days before he died, he received the, Gawad Mabini, the highest award in the Philippine Foreign Service. On retirement he was the country's senior career diplomat having served as Ambassador in London, Madrid, New Delhi, Mexico City and Belgrade. His sister, Carmen Guerrero Nakpil would also be grow up to be a journalist and, later one of the pre-eminent figures of Philippine letters. His paternal grandfather, for whom he was named, was Leon María Guerrero, the distinguished botanist, Malolos Congress delegate, and member of the first Philippine Assembly. Having won First Prize in the Rizal Biography Contest under the auspices of the Jose.

Alfredo Leon Maria Guerrero, and his mother was Filomena Francisco, the first Filipino woman pharmacist.

Its impossible to understand the Philippines without Rizal. 'Leoni,' as his family called him, was born on Main Ermita, Manila to one of the nation's most prominent families. Guerrero gives us a glimpse to what makes RIZAL the first filipino and Hero.

The First Filipino by León María Guerrero