Lionel Barnett Abrahams
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Sir Lionel Barnett Abrahams | |
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| Born | 1869[1] |
| Died | 1919 (aged 49–50) |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | civil servant and economist |
| Title | Financial Secretary, India office |
| Children | 1 son |
Sir Lionel Barnett Abrahams (1869–1919[1][2]) was a British civil servant and economist who was mostly notable for his work in the UK India Office.[further explanation needed]
Education
Abrahams was a graduate of the City of London School and Balliol College at Oxford, which he attended 1892–1898.[2] In 1894, he won the Arnold historical essay prize.[2][3]
Career
Abrahams joined the India Office in 1893. Abrahams was appointed as the secretary to the Indian currency committee in 1898.[2] He was appointed Assistant Financial Secretary in 1901, and was appointed Financial Secretarv in 1902.[1] He was made a Companion of the Bath, (CB) in 1908.[1]
Writings
Abrahams wrote The Expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290.[1][4] This was the thesis for which he won the Arnold Prize in 1894. It was reprinted in the Jewish Quarterly Review in the issues dated October 1984 and January, 1895 and April 1895.[5] He also wrote "Debts and houses of Jews of Hereford, 1290" which was published in volume one of The Jewish Historical Society of England – Transactions in 1894.[6]
Personal life
Abrahams married Lucy, daughter of Nathan Solomon Joseph, in 1896. They had one son, Arthur Charles Lionel Abrahams.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Hayavadana Rao, Conjeeveram (1915). "Abrahams, Lionel". . Pillar & Co. – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c d e "Abrahams, Sir Lionel Barnett". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/57024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Scholarships and Prizes (Prizes) - (1a) to No 4375". Oxford University Gazette. Oxford University. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Abrahams, Lionel Barnett. "The Expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290 (Continued) : Abrahams, B. Lionel : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming". Internet Archive. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Abrahams, Lionel Barnett. The expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290 : Abrahams, Barnett Lionel, Sir, 1869-1919 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming. p. 10. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "JHSE Papers". Jewish Historical Society of England. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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