Teodoro Kalaw

Teodoro Manguiat Kalaw Sr. (March 31, 1884 – December 4, 1940) was a Filipino scholar, legislator, and historian in Spanish language.

Early life

Kalaw was born in Lipa, Batangas, on March 31, 1884. He was the third of four children of police chief Valerio Kalaw and Maria Manguiat. His siblings were scholar and political scientist Maximo, and two sisters, Rosario and Manuela.

Kalaw finished his secondary studies at Instituto Rizal in Lipa, Batangas, and finished his bachelor's degree in arts with honors at Liceo de Manila.

Political career

In 1909, Kalaw was elected the youngest member of the Philippine Assembly at age 25, representing Batangas's 3rd district. During his term, he sponsored bills supporting internal migration and agricultural development and maintenance of public schools through municipal taxation. He became Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines from 1928 to 1929.

Kalaw was a member of the Academy of Political Science, American Social and Political Science; Sociedad Americana de Derecho Internacional; Real Academia Hispano Americano de Ciencias y Artes, of whose Philippine Section he became president in 1925; Associacion Hispano-Filipina, and the Philippine Library Association.

Death

Kalaw died on December 4, 1940, aged 56, at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila.

Personal life

Kalaw and his wife, Pura, had three children. Their son, Teodoro V. Kalaw Jr., became a prominent businessman and was married to Philippine senator Eva R. Estrada-Kalaw. Their daughter, Maria V. Kalaw-Katigbak, was a Philippine Senator from 1961 to 1967. Another daughter, Purita V. Kalaw-Ledesma, was an art critic.

Works and writings La Campaña de Kuomintang Reformas en La Enseñanza del Derecho La Constitucion de Malolos (1910), a critical analysis of the Malolos Constitution Teorias Constitucionales (1912), theories and analysis of nationhood, government, and constitution The Constitutional Plan of the Philippine Revolution (1914) La Revolucion Filipina (1914) Manual de Ciencia Politica (1918) Ang Pinagtatalunang Akta ng Katipunan (1930) Las Cartas Politicas de Apolinario Mabini (1930) Epistolario Rizalino (1930-1937) Gregorio H. Del Pilar: Heroe de Tirad (1930), biography of Gregorio H. Del Pilar Aide-de-Camp to Freedom (1940)