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Chimen Abramsky (September 12, 1916 – March 14, 2010) was emeritus Professor of Jewish Studies at University College London. His first name is pronounced ''Shimon''. Abramsky was born in Minsk, the son of Rabbi Yehezkel Abramsky. He gained a BA degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an MA from the University of Oxford. He was Reader in Jewish History, then Goldsmid Professor of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College London. He was a Senior Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford. A noted scholar of Jewish History, Abramsky was also well known as an expert and antiquarian Hebrew books and manuscripts, and was professionally consulted for many years by the auction house Sothebys, who traditionally run one Hebraica and Judaica auction every year.〔〔 In 1936, while studying at the Hebrew University, in Jerusalem he became involved in socialist campus politics and on one occasion, he recalled being beaten up by the future Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Shamir – then a leading figure in the rightwing Irgun. 〔 Abramsky was married to Miriam née Nirenstein (1917–1997); her parents were the proprietors of Shapiro Vallentine, a prominent publisher of Jewish scholarly books. They had two children, Jack and Jenny.〔〔 == Biography == * Sasha Abramsky: ''The house of twenty thousand books''. London : Halban, 2014 ISBN 9781905559640 == See also == * List of British Jews 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chimen Abramsky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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