Background
Abrahams, Athol Denis was born on March 10, 1946 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Alfred George and Muriel Clare (McTaggart) Abrahams.
Geography educator geography researcher
Abrahams, Athol Denis was born on March 10, 1946 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Alfred George and Muriel Clare (McTaggart) Abrahams.
1 child, Katharine Jane. 1 child, Geoffrey James. Bachelor with honors, U. Sydney, 1966, Doctor of Philosophy, 1971.
Killam post-doctoral fellow U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1971-1973;lecturer U. New South Wales, Sydney, 1973-1977.
Associate professor State University of New York-Buffalo, 1977-1984, professor, 1984, department chairman geography, 1988-1991. Distinguished visiting professor Arizona State University, 1988.
Director 16th Annual Geomorphology Symposium, Buffalo.
Director 16th Annual Geomorphology Symposium, Buffalo. Editor: Hillslope Processes, 1985. Editor journal
Fellow Geological Society American (Gladys West. Cole Researchaward 1985). Member Association American Geographers (G.K. Gilbert award 1985, Honors 1992), American Geophysical Union, British Geomorphological Research Group, International Geography Union Commision on Gemorphological Response to Environmental Change.
Married Lesley Jane Hungerford, June 9, 1968 (divorced 1975). Married Helen Lorraine Oak, January 3, 1976. 1 child, Katharine Jane.