What is Pedro Paterno?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Pedro Paterno |image = Pedro Alejandro Paterno.jpg |order = [[Prime Minister of the Philippines#List of prime ministers|2nd]] |office = Prime Minister of the Philippines |president = [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] |deputy = [[Trinidad Pardo de Tavera]] |term_start = May 7, 1899 |term_end = November 13, 1899 |predecessor = [[Apolinario Mabini]] |successor = [[Jorge B. Vargas]]<br /><small>(Ministries involved)</small><br /> ''Position abolished'' <br> <small>(Position next held by [[Ferdinand Marcos]])</small> |office2 = Member of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Philippine Assembly]] from [[Laguna (province)|Laguna]]'s [[Legislative districts of Laguna#1st District|First District]] |term_start2 = October 16, 1907 |term_end2 = May 20, 1909 |predecessor2 = ''Position established'' |successor2 = Potenciano Malvar |birth_date = {{birth date|1857|2|17}} |birth_place = [[Manila]], [[Spanish East Indies|Philippines]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1911|4|26|1857|2|17}} |death_place = [[Manila]], [[History of the Philippines (1898–1946)#U.S. Territory (1901–1935)|Philippines]] |party = [[Katipunan]] |alma_mater = [[Ateneo de Manila University]] |profession = [[Poet]]<br>[[Novelist]] }} '''Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera-Ignacio''',<ref name=Revista>García Castellón, Manuel. {{cite web|title=Pedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera-Ignacio (Manila, 1858 - 1911)|url=http://www.revista.carayanpress.com/paterno1.html|access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref> also spelled '''Pedro Alejandro Paterno y Debera Ignacio''' (February 17, 1857 – April 26, 1911)<ref name=Encyclopedia>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8V3vZxOmHssC&dq=ninay+novel&pg=PA465|title= The Encyclopedia of Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars: a political, social, and military history, Volume 1|first=Spencer C.|last=Tucker|year= 2009|isbn= 9781851099511|access-date=2 June 2011}}, 993 pages</ref> was a [[Philippine|Filipino]] independence activist, revolutionary and politician. He was also a [[poet]] and [[nov