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'''Sir Adolphe Abrahams''' [[OBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians|FRCP]] (6 February 1883 – 11 December 1967) was a British medical doctor who is considered to be the founder of British sports science.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk">{{cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/5|title=Munks Roll Details for Adolphe (Sir) Abrahams|work=rcplondon.ac.uk|accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="google.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6ZwlbDxHK_UC&pg=PA292&lpg=PA292&dq=adolphe+abrahams+founder+of+british+sport+science&source=bl&ots=ao-HkHXZvO&sig=Hrlf199pITGhBErHIdhg4FP7K_A&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NTCiVencLcKS7AaLhqPgDg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=adolphe%20abrahams%20founder%20of%20british%20sport%20science&f=false|title=Sports Science Handbook: I-Z|work=google.co.uk|accessdate=12 July 2015}}</ref>
'''Sir Adolphe Abrahams''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|FRCP}} (6 February 1883 – 11 December 1967) was a British medical doctor, and he is considered to be the founder of British [[sports science]].<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk">{{cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/5 |title=Munks Roll Details for Adolphe (Sir) Abrahams |work=rcplondon.ac.uk |accessdate=29 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728171609/http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/5 |archivedate=28 July 2014 }}</ref><ref name="google.co.uk">{{cite book|author=Simon P. R. Jenkins|title=Sports Science Handbook: I-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZwlbDxHK_UC&pg=PA292|year=2005|publisher=multi-science publishing|isbn=978-0-906522-37-0|page=292}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Abrahams was born in [[Cape Town]] on 6 February 1883, the son of Isaac and Esther Abrahams.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/> He was educated at [[Bedford Modern School]] between 1891 and 1899,<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Whos-Who-Men-and-Women-of-the-Time-1935/107381/66|title=Whos Who, Men and Women of the Time, 1935|work=Mocavo|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref><ref>''School of the Black and Red'', by Andrew Underwood</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/03acf646-6222-48ed-84b3-3d7fa34c6aec|title=Photograph of Old Bedford Modernian XIX Century Luncheon|work=nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> at [[Bedford School]], and at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]].<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/><ref>"The Harpur Trust 1552-1973", by Joyce Godber 1973</ref><ref>"Beford Modern School of the Black And Red", by Andrew Underwood 1981</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U52767/ABRAHAMS_Sir_Adolphe?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=Who's Who|work=ukwhoswho.com|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
Abrahams was born in [[Cape Town]] on 6 February 1883, as the son of Isaac and Esther Abrahams.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/> He was educated at [[Bedford Modern School]] between 1891 and 1899,<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/><ref>{{Cite web|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-52767|title=Abrahams, Sir Adolphe, (6 Feb. 1883–11 Dec. 1967), Hon. Medical Adviser, International Athletic Board, and Hon. Medical Officer, British Olympic Athletic Team; President, Brit. Assoc. Sport and Medicine, and United Hosps Athletic Club|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U52767|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1}}</ref><ref name="Underwood 1981">{{cite book|title=Bedford Modern School of the black & red|isbn=9780950760803|year=1981|oclc = 16558393|last1=Underwood|first1=Andrew|publisher=Bedford Modern School }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/03acf646-6222-48ed-84b3-3d7fa34c6aec|title=Photograph of Old Bedford Modernian XIX Century Luncheon|work=nationalarchives.gov.uk|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> at [[Bedford School]], and at [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]].<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/><ref>"The Harpur Trust 1552-1973", by Joyce Godber 1973</ref><ref name="Underwood 1981"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U52767/ABRAHAMS_Sir_Adolphe?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0|title=Who's Who|work=ukwhoswho.com|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>


Abrahams is considered the founder of British sports science.<ref name="google.co.uk"/> He was the medical officer in charge of the British Olympic teams from 1912 until 1948.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/> He also was president of the British Association of Sports and Medicine and fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/1967/12/14/archive/sir-adolphe-abrahams-prominent-british-jewish-physician-dead-at-84|title=Sir Adolphe Abrahams, Prominent British Jewish Physician, Dead at 84|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>
Abrahams is considered the founder of British sports science.<ref name="google.co.uk"/> He was the medical officer in charge of the British Olympic teams from 1912 until 1948.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/> He was also the President of the British Association of Sports and Medicine, and a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Medicine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/1967/12/14/archive/sir-adolphe-abrahams-prominent-british-jewish-physician-dead-at-84|title=Sir Adolphe Abrahams, Prominent British Jewish Physician, Dead at 84|work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=14 December 1967|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref>


Abrahams was knighted in 1939.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/>
Abrahams was knighted in 1939.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/>


==Family life==
==Family life==
Abrahams married Adrienne Walsh in 1922; they had a son and a daughter.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/> He was the elder brother of the athletes [[Harold Abrahams]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] and [[Sidney Abrahams|Sir Sidney Abrahams]] [[Queen's Counsel|KC]]. He died on 11 December 1967.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/>
Abrahams married Adrienne Walsh in 1922; they had a son and a daughter.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/> He was the elder brother of the athletes [[Harold Abrahams]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} and Sir [[Sidney Abrahams]] {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|KC}}. He died on 11 December 1967.<ref name="rcplondon.ac.uk"/>

In the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire, about his brother Harold Abrahams played by Ben Cross, Harold shows his friend a picture of his brother, a doctor, who was Adolphe Abrahams.


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== References ==
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Sir
Adolphe Abrahams
OBE FRCP
Born(1883-02-06)6 February 1883
Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died11 December 1967(1967-12-11) (aged 84)
NationalityBritish
EducationBedford School
Bedford Modern School
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
OccupationPhysician
SpouseAdrienne Walsh
Children2
Awards
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London
  • Knight Bachelor

Sir Adolphe Abrahams OBE FRCP (6 February 1883 – 11 December 1967) was a British medical doctor, and he is considered to be the founder of British sports science.[1][2]

Career

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Abrahams was born in Cape Town on 6 February 1883, as the son of Isaac and Esther Abrahams.[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School between 1891 and 1899,[1][3][4][5] at Bedford School, and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[1][6][4][7]

Abrahams is considered the founder of British sports science.[2] He was the medical officer in charge of the British Olympic teams from 1912 until 1948.[1] He was also the President of the British Association of Sports and Medicine, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.[8]

Abrahams was knighted in 1939.[1]

Family life

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Abrahams married Adrienne Walsh in 1922; they had a son and a daughter.[1] He was the elder brother of the athletes Harold Abrahams CBE and Sir Sidney Abrahams KC. He died on 11 December 1967.[1]

In the Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire, about his brother Harold Abrahams played by Ben Cross, Harold shows his friend a picture of his brother, a doctor, who was Adolphe Abrahams.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Munks Roll Details for Adolphe (Sir) Abrahams". rcplondon.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Simon P. R. Jenkins (2005). Sports Science Handbook: I-Z. multi-science publishing. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-906522-37-0.
  3. ^ "Abrahams, Sir Adolphe, (6 Feb. 1883–11 Dec. 1967), Hon. Medical Adviser, International Athletic Board, and Hon. Medical Officer, British Olympic Athletic Team; President, Brit. Assoc. Sport and Medicine, and United Hosps Athletic Club". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U52767. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
  4. ^ a b Underwood, Andrew (1981). Bedford Modern School of the black & red. Bedford Modern School. ISBN 9780950760803. OCLC 16558393.
  5. ^ "Photograph of Old Bedford Modernian XIX Century Luncheon". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  6. ^ "The Harpur Trust 1552-1973", by Joyce Godber 1973
  7. ^ "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Sir Adolphe Abrahams, Prominent British Jewish Physician, Dead at 84". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 14 December 1967. Retrieved 1 June 2015.


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