Adolphe Abrahams

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]

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

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][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

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
  1. "Munks Roll Details for Adolphe (Sir) Abrahams". rcplondon.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. 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. Underwood, Andrew (1981). Bedford Modern School of the black & red. 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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