Manoel Balthazar Pereira Diegues Júnior: contributions to the modernization of Alagoas education

Abstract

This article discusses the extent to which Manoel Balthazar Pereira Diegues Júnior contributed to the modernization of education in Alagoas. The historical-documentary research and (auto)biographical approach was carried out from the intersection of sources, such as press and printed matter produced by or about the aforementioned educator, who held public positions and functions, from the last quarter of the 19th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Diegues Júnior work is discussed, using the powers of intellectual and expert, not for purposes of framing, but above all, to reaffirm that when acting for the education of Alagoas his expertise was demanded and recognized by the State and its contemporaries, having mobilized her in various situations through positions, practices and productions, such as the elaboration of works requested works or even by her initiative as a teacher.