Luís António Verney

Luís António Verney (23 July 1713 – 23 March 1792) was a Portuguese philosopher, theologian, and pedagogue. An ''estrangeirado'', Verney is sometimes called the most important figure of the Portuguese Enlightenment.

Most notably, Verney advocated a plan to completely reform the educational system in Portugal, in radical opposition to the methods employed at the time by the Jesuits, who had long had a near-monopoly on teaching in the country; his controversial manifesto, ''Verdadeiro Método de Estudar'' (first published anonymously in 1746), would later serve as the basis for many of the educational reforms instituted under the Marquis of Pombal. Provided by Wikipedia