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| Abbott, George Frederick. Matric. Non-Coll. Lent, 1897. Adm. pens. at EMMANUEL, Oct. 1, 1897. Of Gresham House, London, E.C. Exhibitioner; Prizeman; B.A. 1899. Went to Macedonia to study the folk-lore of the country, 1900-1. Journalist; correspondent for the Daily News, 1901; special correspondent for the Daily Chronicle in South Eastern Europe, 1903; and of the Calcutta Statesman, 1905-6, during the Prince of Wales' Tour in India. Joined the Turco-Arab forces in the Tripolitan hinterland, 1911-12. Knight Commander of the Order of the Saviour in Greece. Author, Songs of Modern Greece; Macedonian Folk-lore; Greece in Evolution; Turkey in Transition; The Philosophy of a Don; Under the Turk in Constantinople; Thucydides, etc. (Who's Who, 1938.) | George Frederick ABBOTT Approx. lifespan: 1879–1977 Tripos: Emmanuel College Class. I 1899 Matric Non-Coll. 1897:01LT: Adm pens. Emmanuel College 1897:10:01 of Gresham House, London , E.C. Exhibitioner Prizeman BA 1899 Went to Macedonia to study the folk-lore of the country 1900-01 Journalist; correspondent for the: Daily News 1901 special correspondent for the: Daily Chronicle in South Eastern Europe , 1903 special correspondent for the: Calcutta Statesman 1905-06 during the Prince of Wales' Tour in India Joined: Turco-Arab forces in Tripolitan hinterland, [N] Africa 1911-12 Knight Commander of the Order of the Saviour in Greece Publ.: Songs of Modern Greece; Macedonian Folk-lore; Greece in Evolution; Turkey in Transition; The Philosophy of a Don; Under the Turk in Constantinople; Thucydides etc. ( Who's Who 1938) |