Del Pan, the first Filipino criminologist, was the government examiner of friar estate titles and a member of the committee for the codification of laws in 1909. Photoengraving of lawyer and first Philippine criminologist. First Filipino criminologist, educated the Universidad Central del Madrid where he received his doctorate''s degree in civil law, he returned to the country in 1887 and served as justice of the peace and the solicitor-general . He returned to Spain in 1897 when he was suspected of subversion and threatened with imprisonment, and there headed the Comite Filipino de Madrid, campaigning for political reforms. He is distinguished as the sole author of the Correctional (Criminal) Code, which he had written when he was a member of the Code Committee which compiled and codified the penal laws of the country. He was likewise a moving spirit in the establishment of the Colegio de Abogados. Born in Intramuros, Manila on June 17, 1863, he died of cancer on May 12, 1915.