The First Filipino by León María Guerrero

Guerrero was appointed head of the military pharmacy in Zamboanga City and at the marine hospital in Kawit, Cavite. The following year, he was licensed to practice Pharmacy. After completing his primary and secondary education, he enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas, where he graduated in 1875 with a degree Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, specializing in Botany and Zoology. Being a scion of one of the most prominent families of Manila during the last years of Spanish colonial period, he was among the first students of the Ateneo de Manila University when it was founded in 1859 and known as the Ateneo Municipal de Manila. He is the grandfather of diplomat León María Guerrero III (his namesake) and pre-eminent writer Carmen Guerrero Nakpil. León Jorge was the uncle of poet-politician, Fernando María Guerrero, who won a seat at the Philippine Assembly in 1907.

He painted the altar of the San Sebastian Church in Quiapo, Manila. His brother, Lorenzo, became a painter and a teacher of Juan Luna. León María was one of the 14 children of León Jorge Guerrero and Clara Leogardo. 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.León María Guerrero y Leogardo (Manila, 21 de enero de 1853- ¿?, 13 de abril de 1935) fue un escritor, periodista y embajador filipino.

The First Filipino by León María Guerrero