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Born in [[Odessa]], [[Ukraine]], he was, from the 1920s to the 1960s, described as the "natural leader of the Jewish community" in Ireland.<ref>{{citation | last=Rivlin | first=Ray | year=2003 | title=Shalom Ireland | publisher=Gill & MacMillan | page=144}}</ref> Educated at the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] school in [[Newry]], Abrahamson initially went to [[Trinity College Dublin]] on a scholarship in Gaelic and Hebrew. He transferred to the School of Physic<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lyons|first=JB|title=A Pride of Professors, The Professors of Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1813-1985|publisher=Farmar|year=1999|isbn=1899047514|location=Dublin|pages=255}}</ref> and consolidated his medical training with a year's postgraduate study in Paris in 1921.<ref>{{citation | year=1961 | title= Obituary | publisher=British Medical Journal| page=1295 - 6}}</ref> |
Born in [[Odessa]], [[Ukraine]], he was, from the 1920s to the 1960s, described as the "natural leader of the Jewish community" in Ireland.<ref>{{citation | last=Rivlin | first=Ray | year=2003 | title=Shalom Ireland | publisher=Gill & MacMillan | page=144}}</ref> Educated at the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] school in [[Newry]], Abrahamson initially went to [[Trinity College Dublin]] on a scholarship in Gaelic and Hebrew. He transferred to the School of Physic<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lyons|first=JB|title=A Pride of Professors, The Professors of Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1813-1985|publisher=Farmar|year=1999|isbn=1899047514|location=Dublin|pages=255}}</ref> and consolidated his medical training with a year's postgraduate study in Paris in 1921.<ref>{{citation | year=1961 | title= Obituary | publisher=British Medical Journal| page=1295 - 6}}</ref> |
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Abrahamson was appointed as a physician to the staff of [[Mercer's Hospital]] in 1920 and then Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). He published extensively on cardiology, he was a member of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland and President of the Biological Society in Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed Professor of Medicine at RCSI in 1934, a chair he held until his death in 1961.<ref>Lyons, JB (1999). A Pride of Professors :the Professors of Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1813 - 1985. Dublin: Farmer. p. 258</ref> The [[Cardiac Club]] founded in 1922 in Oxford, elected Leonard Abrahamson a member in 1934.<ref>{{citation | last=Cowan | first=J | year=1939 | title=Some Notes on the Cardiac Club | publisher=British Heart Journal | page=97-104}}</ref> Abrahamson was President of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (1949), having earlier (1941) been appointed to the first board of the [[House of Industry (Dublin)|House of Industry hospitals]] by [[Seán McEntee]].<ref>{{citation | last=Ó Gráda | first=Cormac | year=2016 | title=Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce | publisher=Princeton University Press | page=267}}</ref> |
Abrahamson was appointed as a physician to the staff of [[Mercer's Hospital]] in 1920 and then Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]] (RCSI). He published extensively on cardiology, he was a member of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland and President of the Biological Society in Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed Professor of Medicine at RCSI in 1934, a chair he held until his death in 1961.<ref>Lyons, JB (1999). A Pride of Professors :the Professors of Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1813 - 1985. Dublin: Farmer. p. 258</ref> The [[Cardiac Club]] founded in 1922 in Oxford, elected Leonard Abrahamson a member in 1934.<ref>{{citation | last=Cowan | first=J | year=1939 | title=Some Notes on the Cardiac Club | publisher=British Heart Journal | page=97-104}}</ref> Abrahamson was President of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (1949), having earlier (1941) been appointed to the first board of the [[House of Industry (Dublin)|House of Industry hospitals]] by [[Seán McEntee]].<ref>{{citation | last=Ó Gráda | first=Cormac | year=2016 | title=Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce | publisher=Princeton University Press | page=267}}</ref> |
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Abrahamson attended Bill Beckett, father of [[Samuel Beckett]], on the day of his death from a heart attack on 26 June 1933. He was married to [[Max Nurock]]'s sister, Matilde.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.geni.com/people/Max-Nurock/6000000009168191641|title= Max Mordechai Nurock |website= Geni |access-date= 23 August 2017}}</ref> |
Abrahamson attended Bill Beckett, father of [[Samuel Beckett]], on the day of his death from a heart attack on 26 June 1933. He was married to [[Max Nurock]]'s sister, Matilde.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.geni.com/people/Max-Nurock/6000000009168191641|title= Max Mordechai Nurock |website= Geni |access-date= 23 August 2017}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:01, 11 September 2020
Leonard Abrahamson (April 29, 1896[1] - 1961), known as 'the Abe', was an Irish surgeon specialising in cardiology.
Born in Odessa, Ukraine, he was, from the 1920s to the 1960s, described as the "natural leader of the Jewish community" in Ireland.[2] Educated at the Christian Brothers school in Newry, Abrahamson initially went to Trinity College Dublin on a scholarship in Gaelic and Hebrew. He transferred to the School of Physic[3] and consolidated his medical training with a year's postgraduate study in Paris in 1921.[4]
Abrahamson was appointed as a physician to the staff of Mercer's Hospital in 1920 and then Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). He published extensively on cardiology, he was a member of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland and President of the Biological Society in Trinity College Dublin. He was appointed Professor of Medicine at RCSI in 1934, a chair he held until his death in 1961.[5] The Cardiac Club founded in 1922 in Oxford, elected Leonard Abrahamson a member in 1934.[6] Abrahamson was President of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland (1949), having earlier (1941) been appointed to the first board of the House of Industry hospitals by Seán McEntee.[7]
Abrahamson attended Bill Beckett, father of Samuel Beckett, on the day of his death from a heart attack on 26 June 1933. He was married to Max Nurock's sister, Matilde.[8] He was father of prominent lawyer Max Abrahamson and grandfather of film director Lenny Abrahamson.
References
- ^ http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do;jsessionid=028FEF9B4E099EBAEE5FD24966ECA24D?articleId=a0013
- ^ Rivlin, Ray (2003), Shalom Ireland, Gill & MacMillan, p. 144
- ^ Lyons, JB (1999). A Pride of Professors, The Professors of Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1813-1985. Dublin: Farmar. p. 255. ISBN 1899047514.
- ^ Obituary, British Medical Journal, 1961, p. 1295 - 6
- ^ Lyons, JB (1999). A Pride of Professors :the Professors of Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1813 - 1985. Dublin: Farmer. p. 258
- ^ Cowan, J (1939), Some Notes on the Cardiac Club, British Heart Journal, p. 97-104
- ^ Ó Gráda, Cormac (2016), Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce, Princeton University Press, p. 267
- ^ "Max Mordechai Nurock". Geni. Retrieved 23 August 2017.