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(Marcelo H. del Pilar)
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His parents were Don Julian del Pilar, an excellent Tagalog grammarian, speaker, and poet, and Doña Blasa Gatmaytan, familiarly known as Blasica. Don Julian was three times gobernadorcillo of the pueblo of Bulacan and later <i>oficial de lecsa</i> of the alcalde mayor of the province.  
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Marcelo had 9 siblings, Toribio (priest, deported to the Marianas in 1872), Fernando, Andrea, Dorotea, Estanislao, Juan, Hilaria (married to <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1565/today-in-philippine-history-july-26-1844-deodato-arellano-was-born-in-bulacan-bulacan" class="news_link">Deodato Arellano</a>), Valentin, and Maria.  The name of the family was Hilario; but pursuant to a decree of Claveria's, in 1849, the name of the grandmother, Del Pilar, had to be added. Inasmuch as  "Gat" which precedes the mother's family name indicates noble origin, it will not be an exaggeration to affirm that the family belonged to the Tagalog nobility or descended from the ancient Tagalog kings. 
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Marcelo H. del Pilar began his studies in the school of a certain Sr. Flores; he then passed to the Colegio de San Jose, and thence to the <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/763/today-in-philippine-history-november-20-1645-the-university-of-santo-tomas-was-elevated-to-university-status-by-pope-innocent-x" class="news_link">University of Santo  Tomas</a>. A disagreement with the parish priest of San Miguel, Manila, concerning baptismal fees, in 1869 or 1870, caused a regrettable break of 8  years in the fourth year of the study of his profession, jurisprudence. He finally succeeded in graduating in 1880.
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Today in Filipino History, August 30, 1850, Marcelo H. Del Pilar was born in Cupang, Bulacan, Bulacan