A man of many talents, de los Santos was a lawyer, writer, historian, bibliophile, and antique collector. In 1918, while serving as fiscal for Bulacan and Bataan, he was designated technical director of the Philippine Census by Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison. He succeeded Trinidad Pardo de Tavera as director of the Philippine Library and Museum in 1925. Photo-taken of the eminent lawyer-scholar-journalist from Malabon, Rizal. Don Panyong was at one time governor of Nueva Ecija (1902) fiscal for Bulacan and Bataan (1906), technical director of the Philippine Census (1918) and director of the Philippine Library and Museum (1925). He died in 1928 at age 57. Photoengraving of the Filipino scholar, historian and forner director of Philippine Library and Museums. Photo taken from Celebration del cuarto centenario del descubrimiento de Filipinas por Fernando de Magallanes, 1521-1921. Born in Malabon, Rizal on April 7, 1871, to Escolastico de los Santos and Antonia Cristobal, Epifanio attended the Ateneo and later Santo Tomas where he obtained his Licentiate in Law in 1898. After he had married Ursula Paez, he moved to San Isidro, Nueva Ecija, where he was named provincial fiscal in 1900. Then his wife died, leaving him four children. De los Santos was appointed provincial secretary and shortly there-after was elected first governor of Nueva Ecija, a position he held for two terms. In 1904, he was a member of the honorary commission sent to the St. Louis Exposition and from there traveled to Europe where he visited libraries and museums, thereby developing his interest in arts and letters. He resumed his duties as governor of Nueva Ecija upon his return and in 1906, moved to Malolos where he became a provincial fiscal for 19 years. There he met and married his second wife, Margarita Torralba. He then devoted his time in the study of history and literature. In 1918, he was a technical adviser in the preparation of the 1918 census. In 1925, upon the death of T.H. Pardo de Tavera, he was appointed Director of the Philippine Library. As a journalist, de los Santos started in "Libertad", a newspaper which he founded with Jose Zulueta in 1896 in Malabon. Then he was on the staff of La Independencia. He died on April 18, 1928.