Maximo Kalaw
Maximo Valerio Manguiat Kalaw was a Filipino political scientist and novelist. He was the first Filipino head of the Department of Political Science at the University of the Philippines. He argued for Filipino independence from the United States. He also served as assemblyman for Batangas's 3rd district from 1935 to 1941 and Secretary of Instruction and Information in 1945.
He was born in the town of Lipa, Batangas, in the Philippines. He was the brother of Teodoro Kalaw. He studied at the George Washington University and Georgetown University. In 1924, he received a PhD from the University of Michigan. He was Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of the University of the Philippines from 1920-1936.
Works
Kalaw wrote numerous popular articles and essays to newspapers. He also published many articles in learned or professional journals. Some of the books he made include:- The Case for the Filipinos
- Self-Government in the Philippines
- The Development of Philippine Politics
- Philippine Government Under the Jones Law
- The Filipino Rebel, a novel
- ''Philippine Government''