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Laurence David Lafore (born Laurence Davis Lafore, 1917, Narberth, Pennsylvania-November 24, 1985, Iowa City, Iowa) was an American historian. ==Background== Lafore was born into a wealthy family off the Main Line of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Lafore family was a Huguenot family that fled France following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The family fled first to England and then to North America, landing in 1701. The Lafores of Pennsylvania were relatively distinguished and Lafore followed his father and grandfather in leading a Philadelphia charity called the "Société des Bienfaisances Françaises," which was founded in the late 18th century to aid the aristocratic refugees fleeing the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution. It was the original intent of Marie Antoinette or her supporters that she would make her way to Philadelphia and build a new life there. Lafore graduated from Swarthmore College and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. One of Lafore's brothers, John A. Lafore, Jr., was a United States congressman from Pennsylvania and a president of the American Kennel Club. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurence Lafore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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