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Abraham Goldfaden Abraham Goldfaden (July 24, 1840 – January 9, 1908), () born Abraham Goldenfoden (first name alternately Avram, Avron, Avrohom, Avrom, or Avrum, last name alternately Goldfadn; the Romanian spelling Avram Goldfaden is common) was a Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright, author of some 40 plays. In 1876 he founded in Romania what is generally credited as the world's first professional Yiddish-language theater troupe.
Abraham González Abraham González Casavantes (June 7, 1864 – March 7, 1913) was the provisional and constitutional governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua during the Mexican Revolution. He was a mentor to the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
Abraham Gottlob Werner Abraham Gottlob Werner (September 25, 1749 or 1750Sources don't agree. – June 30, 1817), was a German geologist who set out a controversial theory about the stratification of the Earth's formation and coined the now obsolete word Neptunism.
Abraham ha-Yakini Abraham ha-Yakini was one of the chief agitators in the Sabbatean movement, the son of Pethahiah of Constantinople. He was born—according to a not entirely reliable source, מאורעות צבי (Lemberg, 1871, p.
Abraham Haskel Taub Abraham Haskel Taub (February 1 1911–August 9 1999) was a distinguished American mathematician and physicist, well known for his important contributions to the early development of general relativity, as well as differential geometry and differential equations. He is perhaps best known for a 1948 paper dealing with relativistic shock waves, in which he introduced a relativistic generalization of the Rankine-Hugoniot jump conditions across a shock, which is now known as the "Taub Adiabat".
Abraham Hirschfeld Abraham Jacob "Abe" Hirschfeld (1919 — 9 August 2005), was a Polish-born New York real estate developer known for his eccentric endeavors, love for publicity, $2 neckties, and strong Yiddish accent.
Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil Du Perron (December 7, 1731–January 17, 1805), French orientalist, brother of Louis-Pierre Anquetil, the historian, was born in Paris. He stayed in India for seven years (1755-1761), where Parsi priests taught him Persian, and translated the Avesta for him (it is probably not true that he mastered the Avestan language).
Abraham Chazan Abraham Chazan (1849 - 1917) was a rabbi and key figure in the transmission of Breslover Hasidut at the turn of the 20th century. He was born in Tulchin, Ukraine to Nachman Chazan, the closest disciple of Nathan of Breslov ("Reb Noson"), who in turn was the closest disciple of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.
Abraham ibn Akra Abraham ibn Akra or Abraham ben Solomon Akra was a Jewish-Italian scholar and editor of scientific works who lived at the end of the 16th century. He edited the work Meharere Nemerim (Venice, 1599), a collection of several methodological essays and commentaries on various Talmudic treatises.
Abraham ibn Ezra Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra (Hebrew: אברהם אבן עזרא or ראב"ע, also known as Abenezra) (1092 or 1093-1167), was one of the most distinguished Jewish men of letters and writers of the Middle Ages. Ibn Ezra excelled in philosophy, astronomy/astrology, medicine, poetry, linguistics, and exegesis; he was called The Wise, The Great and The Admirable Doctor.
Abraham in the Catholic liturgy Abraham figures prominently in Catholic liturgy. Of all the names of the Old Testament used in the liturgies of Catholic Churches, a special prominence accrues to those of Abel, Melchisedech, and Abraham through their association with the idea of sacrifice and their employment in this connection in the most solemn part of the Canon of the Mass in the Roman rite.
Abraham Iris The Abraham Iris was a two-seat touring plane produced in France in the early 1930s in two slightly different versions, the Iris I with a 75 kW (100 hp) Hispano-Suiza engine, and the Iris II with a Renault engine. The Iris was a conventional parasol wing monoplane with a neatly faired-in engine.
Abraham Isaac Kook Abraham Isaac Kook (1864 - 1935) was the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of the British Mandate for Palestine, the founder of the (now) Religious Zionist Yeshiva Merkaz HaRav, and a renowned Torah scholar. He is known in Hebrew as הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן קוק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, and by the acronym HaRaAYaH or simply as "HaRav.
Abraham J. Hasbrouck Abraham Joseph Hasbrouck (October 16, 1773 - January 12, 1845) was a United States Representative from New York. Born at "Guilford" in Ulster County, he was privately tutored and moved to Kingston in 1795, engaging in mercantile pursuits.
Abraham Jacob van der Aa Abraham Jacob van der Aa (Amsterdam, 7 December 1792 - Gorinchem, 21 March 1857) was a Dutch literator. He wrote several reference works; the most famous were a gazetteer and a biographical dictionary, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden.
Abraham Jekuthiel Salman ben Moses Joseph Lichtstein Abraham Jekuthiel Salman ben Moses Joseph Lichtstein was the rabbi of Plonsk in the region of Warsaw, in the eighteenth century. He was the author of a work entitled Zera' Abraham (Dyhernfurth, 1811), a commentary on the Sifre, followed by Biblical and Talmudical indexes, and accompanied with the text.
Abraham K. Allison Abraham Kurkindolle Allison (December 10, 1810 - July 8, 1893) was the sixth governor of Florida, serving just 49 days as governor. After Governor John Milton committed suicide on April 1, 1865, Abraham Allison, as the state senate president, assumed the office of Governor.
Abraham Kovoor Abraham Thomas Kovoor (April 10 1898 - September 18 1978) was a Sri Lankan professor and Rationalist who gained prominence after retirement for his campaign to expose as frauds various Indian "god-men" and so-called paranormal phenomena. His direct, trenchant criticism of spiritual frauds and organized religions were enthusiastically received by audiences, initiating a new dynamism in the Rationalist movement, especially in India.
Abraham Løkin Abraham Løkin (or Abraham Hansen) is a former Faroe Islands football (soccer) player. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Faroe Islands Football Association as the country's Golden Player - the greatest player of the last 50 years.
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American politician elected from Illinois as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party.
Abraham Lincoln assassination The Abraham Lincoln assassination, which took place on April 14, 1865, was one of the last major events in the American Civil War. President Abraham Lincoln was shot while attending a performance of Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre with his wife and two of their friends.
Abraham Lincoln Brigade The Abraham Lincoln Brigade refers to a collection of fighters from the United States who served as volunteers in the Spanish Civil War fighting on the side of the anti-fascist Spanish Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War against the Nationalists under Franco as part of the International Brigade.
Abraham Lincoln High School (Denver) Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school in Denver, Colorado, United States, and is named after President Abraham Lincoln. Founded in 1963, ALHS currently has 1,400 students, 4 administrators, and 73 teachers.
Abraham Lincoln High School (Los Angeles, California) Abraham Lincoln High School, usually referred to simply as Lincoln High School is a secondary school located in the Lincoln Heights district of Los Angeles, California. The school colors are black and orange and the mascot is the tiger.
Abraham Lincoln High School (San Francisco) Abraham Lincoln High School is a California Distinguished and fully accredited comprehensive public high school located in the Sunset District of San Francisco, California. Among one of the top high schools in San Francisco, it is also one of the most competitive in the Bay Area.
Abraham Lincoln High School (San Jose, California) Abraham Lincoln High School, usually referred to as Lincoln High, is a high school in the San Jose Unified School District. It is a magnet school for "Academic, Visual, and Performing Arts," and is located in close proximity to San Jose City College.
Abraham Lincoln II Abraham "Jack" Lincoln II (August 14, 1873 – March 5, 1890), was the middle of three children of Robert Todd Lincoln and Mary Eunice Harlan, and a grandson of Abraham Lincoln. It was claimed that Jack resembled president Lincoln mentally and physically.
Abraham Lincoln on slavery Abraham Lincoln's position on freeing the slaves was one of the central issues in American history. Though Abraham Lincoln was one of the people identified as most responsible for the abolition of slavery, his position evolved over the years, and while he early went on recordas being personally opposed to slavery, he did not initially take the position that it was appropriate that federal laws be passed to abolish the practice.
Abraham Lincoln Sr. Abraham Lincoln (1744-1786) was the grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln, Sarah Lincoln, daughter of Nancy Hanks, son-in-law of Thomas Lincoln and a Captain in the American Revolution. He was a farmer in Amity, Pennsylvania and married to Bathsheba Herring.
Abraham Lincoln University Abraham Lincoln University is an educational institution specializing in legal education. The classes are given through the Internet, and upon the completion, students are awarded a Juris Doctor degree and become eligible to sit for the California bar exam.
Abraham Lincoln's burial and exhumation Abraham Lincoln was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, where a 177-foot-tall granite tomb surmounted with several bronze statues of Lincoln was constructed by 1874. Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of his four sons are also buried there (Robert Todd Lincoln is buried in Arlington National Cemetery).
Abraham Louis Breguet Abraham-Louis Breguet or Bréguet (10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel in Switzerland, made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking in France. He studied watchmaking in France and in England and invented different escapement methods, including the tourbillon, and re-winding mechanisms.
Abraham McClellan Abraham McClellan was an American politician that represented Tennessee's second district in the United States House of Representatives. He was born at "White Top" on Beaver Creek, Tennessee on October 4, 1789.
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born Abraham Mendelssohn) (Berlin, 10 December 1776 – 19 December 1835 in Berlin) was a German Jewish banker and philanthropist. He was the father of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.
Abraham Moss Abraham Moss or Abraham Moss Learning Centre is an education and leisure centre situated on Crescent Road in the Crumpsall/Cheetham district of north Manchester, very close to Woodlands Road tram stop. It comprises a high school, adult learning centre (City College), library, professional recording studio and a large leisure centre with extensive facilities including an IsoSpa gym, sauna, two swimming pools, squash courts and a number of large halls for a variety of sports activities.
Abraham Núñez (baseball infielder) Abraham Orlando Núñez [NOO-nyez] (born on March 16, 1976 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican baseball player in the Major League. He primarily plays third base, but is capable of playing all four infield positions.
Abraham Núñez (baseball outfielder) Abraham Núñez [NOO-nyes] (born February 5, 1977 in Haina, Dominican Republic) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Florida Marlins (2002, 2004) and Kansas City Royals (2004). He was a switch-hitter and threw right handed.
Abraham of Aragon Abraham of Aragon was a Jewish physician specializing in diseases of the eye who flourished in the middle of the thirteenth century CE. Shortly after the Council of BĂ©ziers, in 1246 had forbidden Jewish physicians to practise, Abraham was requested by Alphonse Capet, count of Poitou and Toulouse, and brother of Louis IX of France, to treat him for an infection of the eye.
Abraham O. Woodruff Abraham Owen Woodruff (November 23, 1872–June 20, 1904) (commonly known as Abraham O. Woodruff) born in Salt Lake City, Utah, was a member of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1896 until his death in 1904.
Abraham Olano Abraham Olano Manzano (born on January 22, 1970 in Anoeta, Spain) was a professional cyclist from Spain. He gained international fame in 1995 when he became World Road Champion and in 1998 he won the World Time Trial Championship.
Abraham Ossei Aidooh Abraham Ossei Aidooh is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Ghana. He also is rappotuer of the Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline, on of the tem permanent commities of the Pan-African Parliament
Abraham Pierson Reverend Abraham Pierson (1641-1707) was the first rector, from 1701 to 1707, and one of the founders of the Collegiate School — which later became Yale University. He was born in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where his father, the Rev.
Abraham Pietersen Van Deusen Abraham Pietersen Van Deursen (before November 11, 1607 - c1670) aka Abraham Pietersen Van Deusen, was an immigrant from Holland who settled in New Amsterdam and become one of the Council of 12 that was the first representational democracy in the Dutch colony. The Van Deusens, Van Deusens and Van Dusers of the US are all descended from Abraham Pietersen Van Deusen, a miller and a native of Deusen in Holland.
Abraham Pineo Gesner Abraham Pineo Gesner, born May 2, 1797 in Cornwallis Township, Nova Scotia, Canada – died April 29, 1864 in Halifax, Nova Scotia , was a physician and geologist who became the primary founder of the modern petroleum industry.
Abraham Prochownik Abraham Prochownik was a Jew said, in some legendary sources, to have been nominated prince of Poland, in 842 CE. After the death of Prince Popiel, the Poles allegedly held a council at Kruszwica, to elect a successor.
Abraham Rabinovich Abraham Rabinovich is a historian and journalist who has published several books on recent Jewish history. As a reporter, his work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the The New Republic, and the Christian Science Monitor.
Abraham Rabinovitch Abraham Rabinovitch (1889 to July 1964) is a well respected pioneer of the Sydney Jewish community, in particular as a founder and philanthropist of Sydney's full-time Jewish educational institutions. Rabinovitch was born in Russia in 1889, and died July 1964 in Sydney.
Abraham Rapoport Abraham Rapoport (Schrenzel) was a Polish Talmudist; born at Lemberg (currently Lviv, Ukraine) in 1584; died in 1651 (June 7); son of Rabbi Israel Jelriel Rapoport of Cracow and son-in-law of R. Mordecai Schrenzel of Lemberg.
Abraham Rees Abraham Rees (1743–1825), compiler of "Rees's Cyclopaedia" (45 vols.), born in Montgomeryshire; became a tutor at Hoxton Academy, and subsequently ministered in the Unitarian Chapel at Old Jewry for some 40 years.
Abraham Rencher Abraham Rencher (1798 - 1883) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Raleigh, North Carolina, August 12, 1798; tutored at home and attended the common schools and Pittsboro Academy; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1822; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Pittsboro, Chatham County, N.C.
Abraham Robinson Abraham Robinson (October 6, 1918 – April 11, 1974) was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of non-standard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were incorporated into mathematics.
Abraham Saba Abraham Saba (1440-1508) was a preacher in Castile who became a pupil of Isaac de Leon. At the time of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain he took refuge in Portugal, where he met with further misfortune; for scarcely had he settled in Oporto when King Manuel I of Portugal ordered all Jews to be expelled from Portugal, all Jewish children to become Christians, and all Hebrew books to be burned (December 24, 1496).
Abraham Serfaty Abraham Serfaty is an internationally prominent Moroccan dissident, militant, and political activist, who has been imprisoned for years by King Hassan II of Morocco, for his political actions in favor of democracy and development’s regime, during the Years of Lead. He paid a high price for such actions: fifteen months living underground, seventeen years of imprisonment and eight years of exile.
Abraham Sharp Abraham Sharp (1651–1742) was a schoolmaster of Liverpool, and subsequent bookkeeper in London, whose wide knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, etc., attracted John Flamsteed, by whom he was invited in 1688 to enter the Greenwich Royal Observatory, where he did notable work, improving instruments, and showing great skill as a calculator; published "Geometry Improved," logarithmic tables, etc.
Abraham Somes Abraham Somes, (March 14 1732-December 17 1831) was the primary founder of English settlements on the scenic Mount Desert Island, which is now part of Acadia National Park in present-day Maine. In 1761, Somes, a cooper by trade, brought his wife and family from Gloucester, Massachusetts to the island, along with James Richardson and Richardson's family.
Abraham Sternhartz Rabbi Abraham Sternhartz (1862-1955), also known as Avraham Sternhartz, was an Orthodox rabbi in Ukraine and an influential figure in the chain of transmission of Breslover teachings from the early generations of the movement to the latter ones.
Abraham Telvi Abraham Telvi (September 12, 1934-July 28, 1956) was an American mobster and hitman for New York labor racketeer Johnny Dio, known most notably for blinding crusading New York journalist Victor Riesel with acid.
Abraham Trembley Abraham Trembley (September 3, 1710 – May 12, 1784) was a Swiss naturalist. He is best known for being the first to study freshwater polyps or hydra and for being among the first to develop experimental zoology.
Abraham Tucker Abraham Tucker (September 2, 1705 - November 20, 1774), philosophic writer, born in London, and educated at Oxford, was a country gentleman, who devoted himself to the study of philosophy, and wrote under the name of Edward Search, a work in 7 volumes, The Light of Nature Pursued (1768-78). It is rather a miscellany than a systematic treatise, but contains much original and acute thinking.
Abraham Ulrikab Abraham Ulrikab (c. 1845 - January 13 1881) was an Inuk from Hebron, Labrador, in the present day province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, who — along with his family — was to become a zoo exhibit in Europe in 1880 as an attraction at the Hamburg, Germany public zoo.
Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen (May 14 1817 - April 16 1880) was a Dutch-born painter, trained in Antwerp. From 1844 Pieterszen worked as a deacon, later as a preacher for the Protestant Union of Belgium in Antwerp, Brussels, Mecheln and Leuven, finally in Maria-Horebeke.
Abraham Valdelomar Abraham Valdelomar Pinto (* Pisco, Ica, April 15 1888 - † Ayacucho, November 2 1919) was a peruvian. narrator, poet, journalist, ensayista and dramatist Considered one of the greater poet of Peru next to Julio Ramón Ribeyro.
Abraham Van Buren Abraham Van Buren (November 27, 1807 – March 15, 1873) was the eldest son of the eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren (Republican-Democrat) and his wife, Hannah Hoes Van Buren. Born in Kinderhook, New York, Abraham was named in honor of his paternal grandfather who was an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Abraham Vater Abraham Vater (December 9, 1684 - (November 18, 1751) was a German anatomist born in Wittenberg. He received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Wittenberg in 1706, and his medical degree from the University of Leipzig in 1710.
Abraham Woyna Abraham Woyna (also known as Abraham Wojna) was a Roman Catholic priest and a bishop of Samogitia (1626-1631) and then of Vilna (1631-1649). His term in office was marked by the rise of Calvinism in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, to which he actively opposed.
Abraham Yakin Abraham Yakin was born in 1924 in Jerusalem. During the Second World War he joined the British Navy and served three years in the Mediterranean fleet, thus having a chance to become acquainted with the art treasures in Egypt, Greece, France and Italy.
Abraham Yates Abraham Yates (August 23, 1724 – June 30, 1796) was an American lawyer and civil servant from Albany, New York. He was a delegate for New York to the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788 as well as a New York State Senator from 1778 to 1790.
Abraham Zabludovsky (architect) Abraham Zabludovsky (born Abraham Zabludowski Kraves) (June 14, 1924 in Bialystok - April 10, 2003 in Mexico City) was a Mexican architect. He was also the brother of the well-known journalist Jacobo Zabludovsky.
Abraham Zelmanov Abraham Zelmanov (May 15, 1913 — February 2, 1987) — a prominent scientist working in the General Theory of Relativity and cosmology. He first constructed, in 1944, the complete mathematical method to calculate physical observable quantities in the General Theory of Relativity (the theory of chronometric invariants).
Abraham Zelmanowitz Abraham Zelmanowitz (also known as Abe, Avrame, and Avremel) was an Orthodox Jew who worked as a computer programmer for Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center in New York City. His unusual act of martyrdom during the September 11 terrorist attacks became a legend of the tragedy and was used by President George W.
Abraham Zevi Idelsohn Abraham Zevi Idelsohn (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם צְבִי אידלסון; middle name also rendered Zvi, Zwi, or Zebi; 1882–1938) was a prominent Jewish ethnologist and musicologist, who conducted several comprehensive studies of Jewish music around the world.
Abraham's bosom Abraham's bosom (Luke 16:22,23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at the dining table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which brought the head of one person almost into the bosom of the one who sat or reclined above him.
Abraham-Isaac-Jacob Abraham-Isaac-Jacob (Trachystemon orientalis) is a perennial herb of the family Boraginaceae. Native to eastern Europe, it is frequently grown as an ornamental for its early blue-violet flowers and large leaves.
Abraham-Joseph Bénard Fleury [Abraham Joseph Bénard] (October 26, 1750 - March 3, 1822), French actor of the Comédie-Française, was one of the greatest comedians of his time. He was born at Chartres, and began his stage apprenticeship af Nancy, where his father was at the head of a company of actors attached to the court of King Stanislaus.
Abraham-Lorentz force The Abraham-Lorentz force is the average force on an accelerating charged particle caused by the particle emitting electromagnetic radiation. It is applicable when the particle is travelling at small velocities.
Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac force In electrodynamics, the Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac force is the force experienced by a relativistic charged particle due to an electromagnetic field. It is a modification of the Abraham-Lorentz force, which describes the same effect, but does not account for the effects of special relativity.
Abraham-men The Abraham-men (alternative spellings: Abram-Man or Abraham Cove) were a class of lunatics allowed out of restraint, in the Tudor and Stuart periods, to roam about England and beg; in reality, they were a set of impostors who wandered about the country pretending to be mad.
Abraham-Minkowski controversy The Abraham-Minkowski controversy is a physics debate concerning electromagnetic momentum within dielectric media. The preponderance of evidence in the debate suggests that the Abraham equation is correctQuantum vacuum contribution to the momentum of dielectric media, A.
Abrahamic conceptions of God Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baha'i faith see God as a being who created the world and who rules over the universe. God is usually held to have the properties of holiness (separate from sin and incorruptible), justice (fair, right, and true in all His judgments), sovereignty (unthwartable in His will), omnipotence (all-powerful), omniscience (all-knowing), omni benevolence (all-loving), omnipresence (present everywhere at the same time), and immortality (eternal and everlasting).
Abrahamic mythology Abrahamic mythology is a term used in comparative mythology to refer to those aspects of religious belief and tradition common to the Abrahamic religions, as distinct from those of the "Pagan religions" from which most mainstream research in this field suggests they developed.
Abrahamic religion In the study of comparative religion, an Abrahamic religion is any religion deriving from a common ancient Semitic tradition and traced by their adherents to Abraham ("Father/Leader of many" Hebrew אַבְרָהָם ("Avraham") Arabic ابراهيم ("Ibrahim"), a patriarch whose life is narrated in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and as a prophet in the Qur'an and also called a prophet in Genesis 20:7. This forms a large group of largely monotheistic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Bahá'í Faith.
Abrahamites The Abrahamites were a sect of deists in Bohemia in the 18th century, who professed to be followers of the pre-circumcised Abraham. Believing in one God, they contented themselves with the Decalogue and the Paternoster.
Abraj Al Bait Mall Abraj Al Bait Mall is a shopping mall in the Abraj Al Bait Towers Development in Makkah; the development is spread over 1,400,000 sq m and is one of the world's tallest buildings; it has 6 residential blocks, hotel, mall etc.
Abrakurrie Cave Abrakurrie Cave is a wild cave on the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia. It is reported to have the largest single cave chamber in the southern hemisphere, and that stencils in the cave are the deepest penetration of Aboriginal art of any cave system in Australia.
Abram Arkhipov Abram Efimovich Arkhipov (Russian: Абрам Ефимович Архипов) ( – September 25, 1930) was a Russian realist artist, who was a member of the art collective The Wanderers as well as the Union of Russian Artists.
Abram Duryée Abram Duryée (April 29, 1815 – September 27, 1890) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, the commander of one of the most famous Zouave regiments, the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry. After the war he was New York City Police Commissioner.
Abram Harrison Abram William Harrison (born July 15, 1898 in Holmfield, Manitoba; died November 14, 1979) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1966, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative, after the party changed its name.
Abram Hoffer Abram Hoffer (b. 1917) is a controversial Canadian psychiatrist known for his early development of biochemically based therapies including the use of nutrition and vitamins in the treatment of schizophrenia, known as orthomolecular psychiatry, as well as other diseases.
Abram I. Elkus Abram Isaac Elkus was born in New York City on August 6, 1867, the son of Isaac and Julia Elkus. Political Graveyard He was educated in the public schools of the city and in the College of the City of New York.
Abram Joseph Ryan Abram Joseph Ryan (February 5, 1838 or August 15, 1839 - April 22, 1886) was an American poet, active proponent of the Confederate States of America, and a Roman Catholic priest. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the Confederacy.
Abram Petrovich Gannibal Major-General Abram Petrovich Gannibal, also Hannibal or Ganibal, (1696 – 14 May1781) was an African slave who was brought to Russia by Peter the Great and became major-general, military engineer and governor of Reval. He is perhaps best known today as the great-grandfather of Aleksandr Pushkin, who wrote an unfinished novel about him, The Moor of Peter the Great.
Abram Salmon Benenson Abram Salmon Benenson, MD (1914– December 15, 2003) was an authority in public health, preventive medicine, military medicine, and "shoe-leather" epidemiology. He was best known as the editor-in-chief (1970 to 1995) for the Control of Communicable Diseases Manual of the American Public Health Association.
Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (Besikovitch) (Абрам Самойлович Безикович) (24 January 1891 - 2 November 1970) was a Russian mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was born in Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov (now in Ukraine) to a family of Karaite Jews.
Abram Slutsky Abram Aronovich Slutsky Абрам Аронович Слуцкий (July 1898, Parafievka, Chernigov region - 17 February 1938, Moscow) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service (GUGB), then part of the NKVD, from May 1935 to February 1938.
Abram William Lauder Abram William Lauder (June 6 1834-February 20 1884) was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Grey South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1874 and Grey East from 1875 to 1884.
Abramelin oil Abramelin oil, also called Oil of Abramelin, is a ceremonial magical oil blended from aromatic plant materials. Its name came about due to its having been described in a medieval grimoire called The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage written by Abraham of Worms.
Abramelin the Mage Abramelin, or Abra-Melin the Mage, is the name (or pseudonym) of an Egyptian mage (or, perhaps, a fictional character) who teaches a powerful form of Kabbalistic magic to the narrator Abraham of Worms, a Jew (also perhaps a fictional character) in a famous grimoire, The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Abramo Basevi Abramo Basevi (born in Leghorn in December, 1818 - died in Florence in November, 1885) was an Italian musicologist and composer. Basevi began as a physician in Florence (1858) but then devoted himself exclusively to music.
Abramovich flyer The Abramovich flyer was an early aircraft built by Vsevolod Mikhailovich Abramovich in 1912, based on the Wright brothers' designs he had seen while working for their German subsidiary. Differences from the Wright designs of the time included wheeled undercarriage, and conventional empennage replacing the canard the Wrights used.
Abrams Air Craft The Abrams Air Craft Corporation was established in Lansing, Michigan in 1937 as an offshoot of Talbert Abrams' Aerial Survey Corporation. Abrams had founded an airline (ABC Airline) in 1929 but found himself increasingly interested in aerial photography.

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