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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, and he is considered to be the founder of British [[Sports science|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 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''' [[OBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians|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 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>


==Career==
==Career==

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Sir Adolphe Abrahams
Born(1883-02-06)6 February 1883
Cape Town, South Africa
Died11 December 1967(1967-12-11) (aged 84)
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationPhysician

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

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][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 was also the President of the British Association of Sports and Medicine, and a 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

  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 "Sports Science Handbook: I-Z". google.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Whos Who, Men and Women of the Time, 1935". Mocavo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  4. ^ School of the Black and Red, by Andrew Underwood
  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. ^ "Beford Modern School of the Black And Red", by Andrew Underwood 1981
  8. ^ "Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Sir Adolphe Abrahams, Prominent British Jewish Physician, Dead at 84". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Retrieved 1 June 2015.


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