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Lafora Epilepsy Cure Initiative
Lafora is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora (1893–1995), Spanish lawyer *Carlos Rodríguez Lafora (1884–1966), Spanish chess player and chess composer *Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora (1886–1971), Spanish neurologist See also *Lafora disease, genetic disorder {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo De Zavala Y Lafora
Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora (25 May 1893 – 7 March 1995) was a Spanish lawyer. During the Second Spanish Republic he served as Governor of the Bank of Spain, and briefly as Minister of Finance. Birth and education (1895–1931) Alfredo Zavala Lafora was born in Madrid on 25 May 1893. His parents were Alfredo Zavala y Camps, a government attorney who was briefly acting Minister of Finance in 1910 and 1911, and Isabel Lafora y Calatayud. His family was Basque in origin. He was the oldest son, and grew up in an austere environment with great emphasis on study and culture. Zavala Lafora studied at the Colegio de San Miguel (later to become the French Lyceum) and then at the Padres Escolapios de Getafe. He began work early at the Ministry of Finance, while also studying for a law degree, which he obtained a year earlier than usual. Zavala Lafora graduated in Law at the Central University of Madrid. He was one of the first to ski in Spain, and was a founding partner of the Spanish Alp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Rodríguez Lafora
Carlos Rodríguez Lafora (10 July 1884 – 19 April 1966) was a Spanish chess player and chess composer. Biography Carlos Lafora worked as a medical doctor and surgeon. He was one of the strongest chess players in Spain at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1921, Lafora ranked 3rd in chess tournament in Zaragoza. Carlos Lafora was famous for his collection of more than 18,000 endgame studies. Based on his collection Carlos Lafora wrote two books: ''Alfiles en casilla distinto color'' (1963) and ''Dos caballos en combate'' (1965). He was International Arbiter of the FIDE for chess compositions since 1960. Lafora played for Spain in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1930, at third board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ... (+1, =3, -9). R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora
Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora (25 July 1886 – 27 December 1971) was a Spanish neurologist. He was a disciple of Nicolás Achúcarro and Santiago Ramón y Cajal and one of the most brilliant examples of the Spanish Neurological School (or Cajal School). He was best known now for describing (in 1911) the intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in "Lafora disease". In total, he published approximately 200 papers covering a wide range of subjects in neurology, psychiatry, and neuropathology. He made seminal contributions not only to the clinical and scientific literature but also to the training of many noted disciples who paid him due homage as a true "maestro." Throughout his intellectual endeavors, Lafora manifested a singular purpose and intensity and a burning devotion to scientific honesty. In 1910, Fritz Heinrich Lewy discovered what became known as Lewy bodies, and compared them to earlier findings by Lafora. In 1913, Lafora described another case, and acknowledged Lewy as the disc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |