Alejandro Octavio Deustua Escarza (22 March 1849 – 6 August 1945) was a

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and

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. He was the

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from 9 August 1902 until 4 November 1902.

Biography

Deustua was born in

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, Peru. His parents were Remigio Deustua and Toribia Escarza. Deustua studied in Guadalupe National School and graduated from

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, Peru. He died on 6 August 1945 at the age of 96 in

Peruvian ministry in 1902

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and

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: Señor Alejandro Deustua *Minister of War and Marine: Colonel Diez Canseco * Minister of Justice: Dr. Jose Arias *

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: Señor Jose Reinoso *Minister of Public Works: Señor Teodoro Elmor

Works

* Copias de historia del arte. -- ima : s.n., 1900* Apuntes sobre enseñanza secundaria. -- Lima : Impr. Americana, 1908 * La Cultura superior en Italia. -- Lima : Librería francesa científica, 1912 * A propósito de un cuestionario sobre la reforma de la ley de instrucción. -- ima: Impr. M. A. Dávila, 1914 * La reforma de la segunda enseñanza. -- Lima : Impr. del "Centro Editorial", 1916 * Las ideas de orden y de libertad en la historia del pensamiento humano. -- Lima : Casa Ed. E.R. Villarán, 1919 * Apuntes para el curso de estética. -- Lima : Emp. Tip. Unión, 920?* Estética general. -- Lima : Imp. Eduardo Rávago,

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* Lo bello en la naturaleza. -- Lima : Impr. A.J. Rivas Berrio, 1929 * La cultura superior en Suiza. -- Lima : Impr. A.J. Rivas Berrio, 1929 * Estética aplicada. Lo bello en la naturaleza (apuntes) . -- Lima : Impr. A.J. Rivas Berrio, 1929 * Informe presentado al Supremo gobierno del Perú. -- Lima : Impr. A.J. Berrio, 1929–1930 * Ante el conflicto nacional. -- allao: Emp. Edit. de El Callao, 931?* Estética aplicada. -- Lima : , 1932 * Lo bello en el arte. -- Lima : , 1932 * Estética aplicada : lo bello en el arte: escultura, pintura, música, apuntes y extractos. -- Lima : Impr. Americana, 935?* Cultura política. -- Lima : Emp. Ed. El Callao, 936?* La cultura nacional. -- Lima : mpresa Ed. de El Callao 1937 * Los sistemas de moral. -- allao: Ed. El Callao, 1938–1940 * La estética de José Vasconcelos. -- Lima : Tall. Gráf. de P. Barrantes C., 1939 * Ensayos escogidos de filosofía y educación nacional. -- 1967(obra postuma). * El problema nacional de la educación. -- ima : Emp. Editora de El Callao, 1970?(obra póstuma).

References

* Anuario Bibliografico Peruano de 1945. -- Lima, 1946. {{DEFAULTSORT:Deustua Escarza, Alejandro Peruvian philosophers 1849 births 1945 deaths People from Huancayo Peruvian humanists Peruvian educators