Adolphe Abrahams

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Sir Adolphe Abrahams OBE FRCP (born February 6, 1883 in Cape Town ; died December 11, 1967 in London ) was a British physician who is considered the founder of sports medicine and sports science in Great Britain .

Life

Abrahams comes from a Jewish family. His father Isaac Abrahams came to England as an immigrant from Poland. His mother, Esther Abrahams, came from a Jewish family based in Wales . Sport played an important role in the Abraham family. Adolphes brothers were the track and field athlete and Olympic gold medalist of 1924 over 100 meters Harold Abrahams and the long jumper, sprinter and multiple Olympian Sidney Abrahams . Adolphe Abrahams studied from 1891 to 1899 at the Bedford Modern School, the Bedford School and at Emmanuel College of the University of Cambridge .

From 1915 to 1920 he served as head of a medical division and consultant physician with the rank of major in the Royal Army Medical Corps of the British Army . In 1920 he received a position as a Consultant Physician at Westminster Hospital; At times he also worked at Hampstead General Hospital and Royal Chest Hospital. In 1928 he worked as an Arris and Gale Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons , a few years later as a Lumleian Lecturer and Censor at the Royal College of Physicians in London. In 1939 he was appointed Dean of Westminster Hospital Medical School. For a time he held the role of Examiner in Medicine at the Universities of Cambridge , Liverpool and London . He was President of the British Society of Gastroenterologists and the Section of Medicine of the Royal Society of Medicine .

Abrahams, considered the founder of sports science in the UK, was also a founding member and first president of the British Association of Sport & Exercise Medicine . From 1912 to 1948 he was in charge of the British Olympic teams. He was a member of the Royal Society of Medicine . Abrahams was accepted into the Order of the British Empire in 1939 and since then has had the title Sir as an addition to his name . Abrahams had been married to Adrienne Walsh since 1922, with whom they had a son and a daughter.

Works

  • The human machine. Penguin Books 1956
  • The Disabilities and Injuries of Sport. Elek Books 1961
  • Dr G Herschell's Textbook of Indigestion. (New edition) Biblio Bazaar 2010 ( ISBN 9781148811246 )
  • A Guide to Urinary Diseases. (New edition) Verlag Fb & C Ltd. 2015 ( ISBN 9781330921388 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Munks Roll Details for Adolphe (Sir) Abrahams . In: rcplondon.ac.uk . Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Sports Science Handbook: IZ . In: google.co.uk . Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  3. ^ Whos Who, Men and Women of the Time, 1935 . In: Mocavo . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 1, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mocavo.co.uk
  4. ^ School of the Black and Red , by Andrew Underwood
  5. ↑ Photograph of Old Bedford Modernian XIX Century Luncheon . In: nationalarchives.gov.uk . Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Harpur Trust 1552-1973," by Joyce Godber 1973
  7. ^ "Bedford Modern School of the Black And Red," by Andrew Underwood 1981
  8. ↑ Who's Who . In: ukwhoswho.com . Retrieved November 26, 2016.
  9. ^ Sir Adolphe Abrahams, Prominent British Jewish Physician, Dead at 84 . In: Jewish Telegraphic Agency . Retrieved November 26, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Abrahams, Adolphe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British doctor and sports scientist
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Cape Town
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1967
Place of death London