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Abrahams was born in [[Cape Town]] on 6 February 1883, the son of Isaac and Esther Abrahams. 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, 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> |
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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 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> |
Revision as of 09:23, 12 July 2015
Sir Adolphe Abrahams OBE FRCP (6 February 1883 – 11 December 1967) was a British medical doctor who is considered to be the founder of British sports science.[1][2]
Career
Abrahams was born in Cape Town on 6 February 1883, 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][7][8]
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 also was president of the British Association of Sports and Medicine and fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.[9]
Abrahams was knighted in 1939.[1]
Family life
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]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Munks Roll Details for Adolphe (Sir) Abrahams". rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Sports Science Handbook: I-Z". google.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ "Whos Who, Men and Women of the Time, 1935". Mocavo. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ School of the Black and Red, by Andrew Underwood
- ^ "Photograph of Old Bedford Modernian XIX Century Luncheon". nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "The Harpur Trust 1552-1973", by Joyce Godber 1973
- ^ "Beford Modern School of the Black And Red", by Andrew Underwood 1981
- ^ "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ^ "Sir Adolphe Abrahams, Prominent British Jewish Physician, Dead at 84". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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- 1967 deaths
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Bedford School
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- Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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- Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
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