Jose Villa Panganiban

In this Filipino name, the middle name or maternal family name is Villa and the surname or paternal family name is Panganiban.
Not to be confused with José María Panganiban.

Jose Villa Panganiban (June 12, 1903 – October 13, 1972) was a Filipino lexicographer, writer, professor, linguist, journalist, radio broadcaster, polyglot, translator, and author. He was the director of the Institute of National Language. One of the first promoters and developers of the Philippine national language, he was best known for his work Diksyunaryo–Tesauro Ingles–Pilipino.

Panganiban founded what is now called The Varsitarian, the student publication of the University of Santo Tomas, in 1928.


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