Pedro Paterno, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pedro Paterno

Filipino politician

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1857

Place of Birth: Manila, Luzon, Philippines

Date of Death: 11-Mar-1911

Profession: writer, poet, politician, author, novelist, autobiographer

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera Ignacio, also spelled Pedro Alejandro Paterno y Debera Ignacio (February 17, 1857 – April 26, 1911; in some references the birth date is February 27, 1858 while the death date is March 11, 1911), was a Filipino politician.
He was also a poet and novelist.His intervention on behalf of the Spanish led to the signing of the Pact of Biak-na-Bato on December 14, 1897, an account of which he published in 1910.
Among his other works include the first novel written by a native Filipino, Ninay (1885), and the first Filipino collection of poems in Spanish, Sampaguitas y otras poesías varias ("Jasmines and Other Various Poems"), published in Madrid in 1880.