PARDO DE TAVERA Y GORRICHO, Trinidad Hermengildo José Maria Juan Francisco. Manila 13.4.1857 — Manila 26.3.1925. Spanish-Philippinese Physician, Antiquarian and Linguist. Son of Felix Pardo de Tavera (d. 1864), a Spanish lawyer and high official, and Juliana Gorricho Santos, of a wealthy Philippinese Spanish family. Grew up in Intramuros, Manila. Studies at Colegio de San Juan de Letran (B.A. 1873), then medicine at University of Santo Tomas in Manila, but in 1875 moved to his uncle and adoptive father to Paris and completed his education there (lic.med. 1880). Then also studied Malay at É.L.O.V. (diploma 1885). In 1887 returned to the Philippines and worked as a journalist. Last years, 1923-25, Director of National Library and Museum in Manila. Married 1887 Maria de la Conceptión Rosalia Cembrano y Gonzales-Calderon, two sons and one daughter.
Publications: Wrote about Philippine history and linguistics, also medical publications.
– Contribución para el estudio de los antiguos alfabetas Filipinos. 1884.
– El sánscrito en la lengua tagala. P. 1887 (etymological study. I have not seen it and the year of publication is also given as 1884 and 1888).
Sources: Long article in Wikipedia with photo.
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