Jorge Zarur e a Geografia Brasileira

Abstract

This paper presents the results of Jorge Zarur s (1916 -1957 RJ, RJ) investigations, in order to offer a systematic and critical study of the influence of his intellectual production in the Brazilian Geography. In the proposed work will be presented and discussed life and work of this important Brazilian geographer who left a great contribution to the consolidation and development of modern geographical science in Brazil, especially between 1943 and 1957. Graduated in Social and Legal Sciences and Geography, Zarur devoted to teaching, to the geographical research and territorial planning. He was also directly involved in the implementation and strengthening of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), having assumed important positions in this institution. He was been a Assistant Secretary of the National Council of Geography (CNG) in 1949 and 1951 period, advisor to the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (IPGH) and Secretary General of the Commission on Geography do IPGH, between 1946 to 1957. In the Brazilian Journal of Geography (RBG) he published scientific articles, editorials and news that are valuable historical sources to be here detailed and analyzed. To develop this research, this work is organized in three parts. The first are exposed biographical information about the author, his life and spatial trajectory. In the second, it will be presented and analyzed their intellectual production, highlighting the titles: Análises Regionais, A Bacia do Médio São Francisco e Precisão e Aplicabilidade na Geografia. In the third part, his contribution to the Brazilian Geography will be analyzed.