Location: Gregorio Sanciangco Shrine, 40 Sanciangco Street, Tonsuya, Malabon
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1952
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
BIRTHPLACE OF GREGORIO SANCIANGCO
LAWYER, ECONOMIST AND WRITER. BORN 7 MARCH 1852, MALABON, RIZAL, SON OF ELADIO SANCIANGCO AND REGINA GOZON. EDUCATED IN THE PHILIPPINES AND SPAIN. AUTHOR OF THE FIRST TREATISE ON ECONOMICS ENTITLED “EL PROGRESO DE FILIPINAS.” JOINED THE REFORM MOVEMENT LED BY RIZAL. BECAME JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN CABANATUAN. DEPORTED TO LINGAYEN FOR SEDITION, 1888. DIED 17 NOVEMBER 1897, SANTO DOMINGO, NUEVA ECIJA.