Sir Adolphe Abrahams (6 February 1883 – 11 December 1967) was a British medical doctor, and he is considered to be the founder of British sports science.

Career

Abrahams was born in Cape Town on 6 February 1883, as the son of Isaac and Esther Abrahams. He was educated at Bedford Modern School between 1891 and 1899, at

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, and at

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

. Abrahams is considered the founder of British sports science. He was the medical officer in charge of the British Olympic teams from 1912 until 1948. He was also the President of the British Association of Sports and Medicine, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Abrahams was knighted in 1939.

Family life

Abrahams married Adrienne Walsh in 1922; they had a son and a daughter. He was the elder brother of the athletes Harold Abrahams and Sir

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. He died on 11 December 1967.

References

1883 births 1967 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Bedford School People educated at Bedford Modern School Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Knights Bachelor 20th-century English medical doctors English Jews Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians English people of Polish-Jewish descent English people of Welsh descent Emigrants from Cape Colony to the United Kingdom People from Cape Town {{UK-med-bio-stub