George Frederick Abbott (28 October 1874 – 13 March 1947) was an English war correspondent and author and the husband of Wilhelmina Hay Abbott.
Life
editAbbott was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, taking the degree of B.A. in 1899.[1] In 1900 he was sent by Cambridge University to Macedonia to make studies in the folklore of that region. Sympathetic to the Greek cause,[2] he stayed in Thessaloniki for some time, before visiting Serres, Sidirokastro, Meleniko and Petrich. On his return trip he stayed in Drama and Kavala and toured Mount Athos (all cities which were then under the control of the Ottoman Empire).[3] He acted as special correspondent in southwestern Europe for several London newspapers until 1903. In 1905 he accompanied the Prince of Wales (later on, George V), on his tour of India.
For his contribution to Greek causes, he was awarded the decoration of Commander of the Order of the Redeemer by the Greek state. He was married to 'Elizabeth' Wilhelmina Hay Lamond (1884–1957), an equalitarian feminist campaigner, and they had one son, Commander (E) Jasper A.R. Abbott, OBE, RN (1911–1960).
His works include a study on Greek songs, a collection of folkloric material from the region of Macedonia, a treatise on Thucydides and a book on the relations between Greece and the Allies.[3]
Works
editBesides contributing articles to many reviews and magazines, he wrote:
- Songs of Modern Greece (1900)
- Macedonian Folk-Lore (1903)
- The Tale of a Tour in Macedonia (1903)
- Through India with the Prince (1906)
- Israel in Europe (editor, 1907)
- Greece in Evolution (1909)
- Turkey in Transition (1909)
- The Philosophy of a Don (1911)
- The Holy War in Tripoli (1912)[4]
- Greece and the Allies (1914–1922)
- Under the Turk in Constantinople (1920)
References
edit- ^ "Abbott, George, Frederick (ABT897GF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Αμποτ, Τζορτζ Φρεντερικ (2008). Κασσεσιαν, Ιωσήφ; Κασσεσιάν, Χριστίνα (eds.). "Ένας Αγγλος στη Μακεδονία του 1900: Τζωρτζ Φρέντερικ Αμποτ". Στοχαστής (in Greek). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
Έστω και με γενικεύσεις πολλές φορές γέρνει προς τη πλευρά των Ελλήνων, γοητευμένος από πλούσιο πολιτισμικό τους παρελθόν.
- ^ a b Vingopoulou, Ioli. "ABBOTT, George Frederick. A Tale of a Tour in Macedonia". Aikaterini Laskaridi Foundation. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Review of The Holy War in Tripol by G. F. Abbott". The Athenaeum (4432): 404–405. 12 October 1912.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "George Frederick Abbott". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
edit- Works by George Frederick Abbott at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about George Frederick Abbott at the Internet Archive
- Works by George Frederick Abbott at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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