Philip Abraham (writer)
Philip Abraham (1803 – December 17, 1890) was an English-Jewish writer and educator.
Philip Abraham | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1803 |
| Died | December 17, 1890 (aged 86–87) London, United Kingdom |
| Resting place | Balls Pond Road Cemetery |
| Pen name | P. A.[1] |
| Children | Leonora Braham (daughter) |
Biography
Philip Abraham was born into a prominent Jewish family affiliated with London's Western Synagogue. In 1849, he assumed the role of Headmaster at the National Hebrew School in Birmingham.[1] After several years he relocated to London, where he worked as a private instructor in languages and Judaic studies, as well as Secretary of the West London Synagogue.[2]
Abraham regularly contributed poetry and articles to the Jewish press, including The Jewish Chronicle.[1][2] Among his publications were The Autobiography of a Jewish Gentleman (1860); Autumn Gatherings, a collection of prose and poetry (London, 1866); and Ha-Nistarot veha-Niglot ('The Secret and Revealed Things'), or Curiosities of Judaism: Facts, Opinions, Anecdotes, and Remarks Relative to the Hebrew Nation (London, 1879).[3]
His daughter, Leonora Braham, was an opera singer and actress famous for originating several of the Gilbert and Sullivan soprano roles.[2]
Selected publications
- The Autobiography of a Jewish Gentleman. London. 1860.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Autumn Gatherings, Being a Collection of Prose and Poetry. London: J. Wertheimer and Co. 1866.
- Ha-Nistarot veha-Niglot / Curiosities of Judaism: Facts, Opinions, Anecdotes, and Remarks Relative to the Hebrew Nation. London: Wertheimer, Lea and Co. 1879.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Brumberg, Benuel H. (1901). "Abraham, Philip". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 117.
- Pearce, Sarah (2019). "Josephus and the Jewish Chronicle: 1841–1855". In Schatz, Andrea (ed.). Josephus in Modern Jewish Culture. pp. 118–119. doi:10.1163/9789004393097_007. ISBN 978-90-04-39309-7.
- Rubinstein, William D.; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hillary L., eds. (2011). "Abraham, Philip (1804–90)". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. OCLC 793104984.
- Kirk, J. Foster (1891). A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. p. 7.