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William Thomas Valerio Fontaine (born William Thomas Fontaine; December 2, 1909 – December 29, 1968) was an American philosopher. Teaching at the University of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1967, he was an American Professor of philosophy in the Ivy League. == Early life and career == Fontaine was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, an industrial town southwest of Philadelphia. His father worked in a steel mill on the Delaware River. Enrolling in Chester High School at age twelve, he graduated in the top third of his class. After Fontaine’s parents died in the 1930s, his aunt raised his younger siblings and funded their continued education. In 1926 Fontaine enrolled in Lincoln University, a school about thirty miles west of Chester. He wrote poems and analytic essays for the school newspaper, in which he argued that African Americans needed to show “ability, aggressiveness, and cooperation” to succeed. He graduated first in his class in 1930. Over the next six years, Fontaine taught Latin, history and government at Lincoln. He also pursued an M.A. in Philosophy from the nearby University of Pennsylvania, which he earned in 1932. He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Penn in 1936. He worked as a professor of philosophy and history at Southern University in Louisiana from 1936 to 1942. Fontaine married an acquaintance from Philadelphia in 1936, Willabelle Hatton of Iva, S.C.,two children Jean and Vivian. Fontaine returned to Penn in 1943 and audited graduate courses until 1946. Drafted during World War II, Fontaine worked at Holabird Signal Depot in Baltimore, Maryland. He taught basic education to illiterate soldiers. Fontaine joined the Penn faculty in 1947 as a lecturer and was promoted to Assistant Professor two years later. 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「William Fontaine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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