Ramon Nazareth Villegas (22 September 1953 – 6 August 2017) more popularly known as Mon Villegas or Boy Villegas, was a Filipino curator, art historian, jeweler, author, antiquities dealer, and poet. He was best known for chronicling the history of Philippine art and antiquities in various publications in both the Philippines and overseas. Villegas ran his own antique shop called Yamang Katutubo Artifacts and Crafts, which featured Philippine jewelry and antiques that closed on his death in 2017. Early life and academic career Villegas was born in Manila on 22 September 1953 to Rosendo Villegas and Illuminada Nazareth of Batangas, who was herself a jeweler. Their family are descendants of the Philippine revolutionary general Miguel Malvar, who was one of the last generals to surrender during the Philippine–American War. He finished his primary and secondary education at the La Salle Greenhills in 1966 and 1970 respectively, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in literature, with honors at the De La Salle University Manila in 1976. Later on, he served as a university lecturer teaching courses on Philippine literature and Philippine history. It was in this period, Villegas became part of the Galian sa Arte at Tula (GAT), a modernist group of like-minded poets that was spearheaded by the poet and academic Virgilio Almario, who subsequently be awarded as National Artist. The GAT was one of several literary organizations that fought against the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos through their literary writings. In 1987, Villegas along with other members of the GAT compiled their poems in an anthology titled Kamao: Panitikan ng Protesta 1970-1986 that was published in the aftermath of the People Power Revolution. Recognition for Andres Bonifacio to be named as the first President of the Philippines In 1994, in an essay titled Andres Bonifacio: Father of the Filipino Nation in a compiled publication, Tutuban: Progress and Transformation; Villegas along with fellow historians Milagros C. Guerrero and Emmanuel N. Encarnacion pushed for the recognition of Andres Bonifacio as the first President of the Philippines instead of Emilio Aguinaldo. Their thesis is based on his position of President or Supremo of the Katipunan revolutionary government from 1896 to 1897 and state that Bonifacio having established a government through the Katipunan prior to the Tejeros Convention. In their research, the documents that predate the elections at Tejeros and the First Philippine Republic, Bonifacio is called the president of the "Tagalog