Felipe Calderón (Filipino politician)
Felipe Gonzáles Calderón y Roca, also known as Felipe G. Calderon (April 4, 1868 – June 6, 1908) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and intellectual, known as the "Father of the Malolos Constitution".
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gonzáles Calderón and the second or maternal family name is Roca.
Felipe Calderón
4 April 1868[1]
Santa Cruz de Malabon, Cavite, Captaincy General of the Philippines, Spanish Empire
6 June 1908 (aged 40)
Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, United States
lawyer, social scientist,[2] Writer, politician and revolutionary leader
Father of the Malolos Constitution[3]
Early life[edit]
Calderón was born in Santa Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza), Cavite, to José Gonzáles Calderón and Manuela Roca. He studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila for his primary and secondary courses[1] and was granted a scholarship. He received high honors in a Bachelor of Arts degree, later working in the newspaper industry writing for several newspapers. He later enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas and completed his studies at Licentiate in Law in 1894.[4] After graduation, he participated in the law office of Cayetano Arellano.