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Barnett Abrahams (1831, Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
 - 15 November 1863, London
London

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) was the Principal of Jews' College
Jews' College

OriginsJews' College, now known as the London School of Jewish Studies, was opened in Finsbury Square, London as a rabbinical seminary in 1855 with the support of the then Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler and of Sir Moses Montefiore, who had had the idea for such a venture as early as 1841....
.

His father emigrated to England in 1839; his wife and son arrived in 1841, and two more sons were born in 1843 and 1844.

hams was educated by his father and later by Chief rabbi
Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities....
 Nathan Marcus Adler
Nathan Marcus Adler

Rabbi Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler, , was the Orthodox Judaism Chief Rabbi of Great Britain 1845?1891, probably the most prominent 19th century rabbi in the English language-speaking world....
. In 1849 he joined the Spanish and Portuguese congregation's theological college. The elders paid for him to attend the City of London School
City of London School

The City of London School is a boys' independent school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London. It is the brother school of the City of London School for Girls and of the co-educational City of London Freemen's School ....
 and University College London
University College London

University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
, from which he graduated BA.

851 he began to preach at Bevis Marks synagogue
Bevis Marks Synagogue

Bevis Marks Synagogue is located off Bevis Marks, in the City of London. The synagogue, affiliated to London's Spanish and Portuguese Jews community , is the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom still in operation and is a listed building....
.






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Barnett Abrahams (1831, Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
 - 15 November 1863, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
) was the Principal of Jews' College
Jews' College

OriginsJews' College, now known as the London School of Jewish Studies, was opened in Finsbury Square, London as a rabbinical seminary in 1855 with the support of the then Chief Rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler and of Sir Moses Montefiore, who had had the idea for such a venture as early as 1841....
.

His father emigrated to England in 1839; his wife and son arrived in 1841, and two more sons were born in 1843 and 1844.

Education

Abrahams was educated by his father and later by Chief rabbi
Chief Rabbi

Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities....
 Nathan Marcus Adler
Nathan Marcus Adler

Rabbi Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler, , was the Orthodox Judaism Chief Rabbi of Great Britain 1845?1891, probably the most prominent 19th century rabbi in the English language-speaking world....
. In 1849 he joined the Spanish and Portuguese congregation's theological college. The elders paid for him to attend the City of London School
City of London School

The City of London School is a boys' independent school on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London. It is the brother school of the City of London School for Girls and of the co-educational City of London Freemen's School ....
 and University College London
University College London

University College London is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom....
, from which he graduated BA.

Career

In 1851 he began to preach at Bevis Marks synagogue
Bevis Marks Synagogue

Bevis Marks Synagogue is located off Bevis Marks, in the City of London. The synagogue, affiliated to London's Spanish and Portuguese Jews community , is the oldest synagogue in the United Kingdom still in operation and is a listed building....
. He became assistant dayan in 1854, and in 1856 was made head of its ecclesiastical court. He was the youngest man to act as dayan in the London Jewish community and the first English Jewish minister to hold a British university degree.

Abrahams married in 1854. He had six children; Joseph and Moses became Jewish ministers, and Israel
Israel Abrahams

Israel Abrahams was one of the most distinguished Jewish scholars of his generation. He wrote a number of classics on Judaism, most notably, Jewish Life in the Middle Ages ....
 became an author and teacher. In 1858, on the resignation of Adophe Loewe as headmaster of Jews' College, Abrahams succeeded him while continuing to carry out his religious duties.

Abrahams was most concerned aboute educating the young, and in 1860 he founded the Association for the Diffusion of Religious Knowledge, the precursor of the Jewish Religious Education Board.