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Adolphe Abrahams
Born (1883-02-06 ) 6 February 1883Died 11 December 1967(1967-12-11) (aged 84 ) Nationality British Education Bedford School Bedford Modern School Alma mater Emmanuel College, Cambridge Occupation Physician Spouse Adrienne Walsh Children 2 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 sports science .[1] [2]
Abrahams was born in Cape Town on 6 February 1883, as the son of Isaac and Esther Abrahams.[1] 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] [1] Royal Society of Medicine .[8]
Abrahams was knighted in 1939.[1]
Family life [ edit ]
Abrahams married Adrienne Walsh in 1922; they had a son and a daughter.[1] Harold Abrahams CBE Sidney Abrahams KC [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 [ edit ]
^ "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
^ a b Underwood, Andrew (1981). Bedford Modern School of the black & red . Bedford Modern School. ISBN 9780950760803 OCLC 16558393 .
^ "Photograph of Old Bedford Modernian XIX Century Luncheon" . nationalarchives.gov.uk . Retrieved 1 June 2015 .
^ "The Harpur Trust 1552-1973", by Joyce Godber 1973
^ "Who's Who" . ukwhoswho.com . Retrieved 1 June 2015 .
^ "Sir Adolphe Abrahams, Prominent British Jewish Physician, Dead at 84" . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 14 December 1967. Retrieved 1 June 2015 .
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