Gregorio Sanciangco Y Goson
Location:
24 Sancianco, Tonsuya, Malabon
Category:
Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1952
Installed By:
Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
GREGORIO SANCIANGCO Y GOSON
LAWYER, ECONOMIST, AND WRITER, WAS BORN ON 7 MARCH 1852 IN MALABON, RIZAL. SON OF ELADIO SANCIANGCO AND REGINA GOZON. STUDIED HERE AND IN SPAIN WHERE HE PUBLISHED “EL PROGRESO DE FILIPINAS.” PARTICIPATED IN THE MOVEMENT FOR REFORMS LED NY RIZAL. BECAME JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN CABANATUAN, SAN ISIDRO, MALABON AND MANILA. ACCUSED OF SEDITION, DEPORTED TO LINGAYEN. GAINING FREEDOM, HE RETIRED TO STO. DOMINGO, NUEVA ECIJA, WHERE HE DIED 17 NOVEMBER 1897.
