Les huguenots: the firts refugees
- 👤 Speaker: Christopher Johnson
- 📅 Date & Time: Saturday 28 September 2019, 15:00 - 16:00
- 📍 Venue: Alliance Française, 60 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1LA
Abstract
The plight of refugees is a crisis of our era, but these were the first immigrants to be called refugees…
📌 Saturday 28th September 2019 ⏰ 3pm-4pm 🌍 Alliance Française Cambridge – 60 Hills Road, CB2 1LA 💷 FREE – No booking required! Arrive early!
A Talk by Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson studied French & German at Cambridge in the mid-1970s and, after a brief spell as a language teacher, worked for over 30 years in banking & investment, including 22 years with a French bank. Separately, he lived in France for 8 years, where he was a voluntary mentor to small businesses and is still a Councillor in a town which was once a Huguenot stronghold and scene of a summit meeting between Queen Catherine de’ Medici and the future King Henri IV.
Series This talk is part of the French History series.
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Christopher Johnson
Saturday 28 September 2019, 15:00-16:00