Monico R. Mercado
Location:
Pampanga
Category:
Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker Date:
1966
Installed By:
National Historical Commission (NHC)
MONICO R. MERCADO
POET, LAWYER, EDUCATOR AND LEGISLATOR. BORN IN SEXMOAN, PAMPANGA, MAY 4, 1875. CO-SPONSORED THE BILL INSTITUTING THE FIRST IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES. CO-FOUNDER OF KATIPUNAN MIPANAMPUN AND ACADEMIA PAMPANGUEÑA. VICE-PRESIDENT OF GUAGUA NATIONAL COLLEGES. AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL KETANG MILABAS. DIED IN MANILA, JANUARY 26, 1952.
