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Anthony Abrahams


Anthony Claud Walter Abrahams (1923-2011), was a British barrister and educationalist who established CfBT Education Trust, one of the most important educational charities to be founded in post-World War II Britain. His work was fundamental to the creation of a professional structure for the teaching of English as a foreign language.

The son of Sir Sidney Abrahams KC, and nephew of Sir Adolphe Abrahams OBE FRCP and of the Olympic sprinter Harold Abrahams CBE, Tony Abrahams was born in Zanzibar on 16 June 1923 and educated at Bedford School. After serving in North Africa, Italy and Greece during the Second World War, he read law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1951.

In 1954, Abrahams established the British Centre, an agency for teachers of English language working abroad, and then, in 1964, working with the Royal Society of Arts, he helped to devise and establish a certificate for teachers of English as a foreign language. In 1968, he established CfBT Education Trust to provide professional structure, practical support and general guidance for teachers of English language working overseas.


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