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Abba Eban (; (ヘブライ語:אבא אבן) (:ˈʔaba ˈʔevin); born Aubrey Solomon Meir Eban; later adopted Abba Solomon Meir Eban;〔http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/177524/Abba-Eban〕 2 February 1915 – 17 November 2002) was an Israeli diplomat and politician, and a scholar of the Arabic and Hebrew languages. In his career he was Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and ambassador to the United States and to the United Nations. He was also Vice President of the United Nations General Assembly and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science. ==Early life== Born in Cape Town, South Africa, on 2 February 1915 to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Eban moved to the United Kingdom at an early age. As a child, he recalled being sent to his grandfather's house every weekend to study the Hebrew language and Biblical literature.〔''Eban, Abba: An Autobiography''. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. p. 6〕 He lived for a period of time in Belfast.〔http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/belfasts-legacy-to-the-israelis-13594537.html〕 He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School, then in Southwark, before studying Classics and Oriental languages at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he achieved a triple first. During his time at University and afterwards, Eban was highly involved in the Federation of Zionist Youth and was editor of its ideological journal, ''The Young Zionist''. After graduating with high honours, he researched Arabic and Hebrew as a Fellow of Pembroke College from 1938–39. At the outbreak of World War II, he went to work for Chaim Weizmann at the World Zionist Organization in London from December 1939. He served in the British Army in Egypt and Mandate Palestine, becoming an intelligence officer in Jerusalem, where he coordinated and trained volunteers for resistance in the event of a German invasion, serving as a liaison officer for the Allies to the Jewish Yishuv. In 1947, he translated from the original Arabic, ''Maze of Justice: Diary of a Country Prosecutor'', a 1937 novel by Tawfiq al-Hakim. 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「Abba Eban」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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