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American educator (1866–1959)
Abraham Flexner (November 13, 1866 – September 21, 1959), an American educator, became best known for his role in the 20th-century reform of medical and
Abraham_Flexner
1910 North American report on medical education
The Flexner Report is a book-length landmark report of medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flexner and published in 1910
Flexner_Report
Postgraduate center in New Jersey, US
to the United States. It was founded in 1930 by American educator Abraham Flexner, together with philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger
Institute_for_Advanced_Study
American physician and scientist (1863–1946)
children: Jacob, Henry, and Isadore; then Simon, followed by Bernard Flexner, Abraham Flexner, and Washington. The two sisters Mary and Gertrude were the youngest
Simon_Flexner
American business magnate (1839–1937)
Carnegie gave form and impetus through their charities to the work of Abraham Flexner, who in his essay "Medical Education in America" emphatically endowed
John_D._Rockefeller
American playwright (1874–1955)
educator Abraham Flexner in 1898. Their daughter Jean Flexner attended the London School of Economics; their younger daughter Eleanor Flexner (1908–1995)
Anne_Crawford_Flexner
American historian and biographer
father, Simon Flexner, M.D., co-wrote William Henry Welch and the Heroic Age of American Medicine (1941). (His uncle, Abraham Flexner, was the educator
James_Thomas_Flexner
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Flexner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anne Crawford Flexner (1874–1955), American playwright Abraham Flexner (1866–1959), American
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American private foundation
projects and encouraged more remedial education. In a 1910 report, Abraham Flexner stated that Black schools should focus on "hygiene rather than surgery"
General_Education_Board
Nonprofit organization
protocols had been developed and implemented. In 2020, the AAMC removed Abraham Flexner's name from their annual award, claiming his 1910 report contained "racist
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association_of_American_Medical_Colleges
American independent scholar and pioneer of the field of women's studies (1908–1995)
America.[citation needed] Eleanor's father, Abraham Flexner (1866–1959), with his brother Simon Flexner at the Rockefeller Institute, worked on the reform
Eleanor_Flexner
American education policy and research center
focus on implementation and adaptation for context. Abraham Flexner, lead author of the Flexner Report (1910), a seminal study of medical education in
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Carnegie_Foundation_for_the_Advancement_of_Teaching
Historically black college in Nashville, Tennessee, US
reputation suffered in 1914 when it was dropped to Class B status. Abraham Flexner of the General Education Board (a Rockefeller program) provided advice
Meharry_Medical_College
developing the new standards earned Nugent the nickname "Chiropractic's Abraham Flexner" from his admirers and "Chiropractic's Anti-christ" from his adversaries
History_of_chiropractic
Private medical school in Cleveland, Ohio, US
University between 1850 and 1856, which included Marie Zakrzewska. In 1909, Abraham Flexner surveyed and evaluated each of the 155 medical schools then extant
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Case_Western_Reserve_University_School_of_Medicine
German mathematician (1882–1935)
Study in Princeton upon the invitation of Abraham Flexner and Oswald Veblen. She also worked with Abraham Albert and Harry Vandiver. She said of Princeton
Emmy_Noether
Study of improving living conditions to increase well-being
Ellen Swallow Richards ensued. The influential historian of education Abraham Flexner questions its scientific value in stating: [T]he "science" is artificially
Euthenics
American legal academic (1908–2005)
temporary position at Princeton University through the assistance of Abraham Flexner. In 1940, he also worked at Trinity College (Connecticut). In 1941
John_H._Herz
1890s–1920s US political reform movement
pp. 107–110.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) Abraham Flexner, Flexner Report on Medical Education in the United States and Canada 1910
Progressive_Era
American lawyer and Zionist leader
His father was Morris Flexner and his mother Esther Abraham. Among his siblings were Abraham Flexner, author of the Flexner Report on medical education
Bernard_Flexner
Public medical school in Indiana, US
of the newly consolidated school, Lillian Mueller, did so in 1909. Abraham Flexner, a renowned American educator whose work helped reform many medical
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indiana_University_School_of_Medicine
Review 11.1 (1946): 16-25. online Thomas Neville Bonner, Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a life in learning (Johns Hopkins UP. 2002. 188–194. Lewis Mayers
History of public health in the United States
History_of_public_health_in_the_United_States
American physician and pharmaceutical scientist
ritonavir dosing. Flexner was born in 1956. He is the great-great nephew of the American educator Abraham Flexner, and microbiologist Simon Flexner. He is also
Charles_Flexner
American neuroscientist and clinical psychologist
2021: Excellence in Medical Education Award - Category: Mentorship (formerly the Abraham Flexner Excellence in Medical Education Award), The Academy of Medical Educators
Dan_Han
Independent city in Virginia, United States
Cramer, backstroke and butterfly swimmer Adam Edwards, racing driver Abraham Flexner, educator known for his role in the 20th-century reform of medical
Falls_Church,_Virginia
Effort to improve purported human genetic quality
genetics of the population. The influential historian of education Abraham Flexner questions its scientific value in stating: [T]he "science" is artificially
Eugenics
Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 2 October 2015. "AAMC renames prestigious Abraham Flexner award in light of racist and sexist writings". 1986 - 2019 Kelly West
List_of_medicine_awards
American biochemist
Louis Barkhouse Flexner (January 7, 1902 – March 29, 1996) was an American biochemist, a researcher into the biochemistry of memory. Flexner proved, among
Louis_B._Flexner
More higher education reduces its value
law education. One example of such reports is the Flexner Report, written by educator Abraham Flexner. This research led to the closing of low-quality
Credentialism and degree inflation
Credentialism_and_degree_inflation
History of segregation of medical studies
the Flexner Report's impact on school closures. The Flexner Report, ongoing curriculum reform and medical school closures In 1910, Abraham Flexner published
African American student access to medical schools
African_American_student_access_to_medical_schools
Public medical school in Charleston, South Carolina, US
dean of the College of Medicine in 1908, Abraham Flexner was beginning his survey of the medical college. Flexner's survey resulted in the report titled "Medical
Medical University of South Carolina
Medical_University_of_South_Carolina
schools. In 1910, the Flexner Report reported on the state of medical education in the United States and Canada. Written by Abraham Flexner and published in
Medical school in the United States
Medical_school_in_the_United_States
Pedagogical movement
Columbia, Dewey worked with other educators such as Charles Eliot and Abraham Flexner to help bring progressivism into the mainstream of American education
Progressive_education
American poet and novelist (1902–1961)
Kenneth Flexner Fearing (July 28, 1902 – June 26, 1961) was an American poet and novelist. A major poet of the Depression era, he addressed the shallowness
Kenneth_Fearing
thermodynamics Abraham Flexner – educator, reformer of medical and higher education in the United States and Canada, author of the Flexner Report, founder
List of Johns Hopkins University people
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the American National Conference of Charities and Correction, Dr. Abraham Flexner spoke on the topic "Is Social Work a Profession?" He contended that
History_of_social_work
American pharmacologist (1876–1966)
most influential designs of architect Louis Kahn, is named for him. Abraham Flexner Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges Gerhard Medal
Alfred_Newton_Richards
US federal medical program
the Flexner model stimulated by the Flexner Report of 1910 to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Based on research by Abraham Flexner
Area Health Education Centers Program
Area_Health_Education_Centers_Program
American physicist (1896–1966)
Advanced Study, Princeton. In a letter dated November 10, 1933, to Abraham Flexner, founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton
Boris_Podolsky
American alternative medicine watchdog website
tradition of anti-quackery, embracing such figures as Morris Fishbein and Abraham Flexner, which has been part of American medical culture since the early-twentieth
Quackwatch
in 1910, almost half of all high school students were taking Latin. Abraham Flexner, under commission from the philanthropic General Education Board (GEB)
History of education in the United States
History_of_education_in_the_United_States
Public medical school in Syracuse, New York, US
Foundation's Flexner Report in 1910. The Flexner Report hastened the demise of many medical schools in the United States and Canada, but, as Abraham Flexner wrote
State University of New York Upstate Medical University
State_University_of_New_York_Upstate_Medical_University
American anatomist and pathologist (1862-1917)
contrasting opinions. He supported the ideals of William H. Welch, Abraham Flexner, and John D. Rockefeller in their bid for the reform of medical education
Franklin_P._Mall
American Nobel Prize recipient
doi:10.1080/08035250600900073. PMID 16938745. S2CID 30811791. "The Abraham Flexner Award for distinguished service to medical education. Frederick C.
Frederick_Chapman_Robbins
German art historian (1892–1968)
Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in April 1935. The IAS, founded by Abraham Flexner in 1930, was unique in its mission to emphasize research and advanced
Erwin_Panofsky
American neurosurgeon (1886–1946)
Hopkins. Abraham Flexner, who was intimately familiar with the workings of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and in 1910 had produced the Flexner Report on
Walter_Dandy
Jeffersontown Evan Williams, early Kentucky settler and distiller Abraham Flexner, educator, best known for his role in the 20th-century reform of medical
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American physician
of Universities for Global Health. In 2019, Kolars was awarded the Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education from the Association
Joseph_C._Kolars
American businesswoman and philanthropist (1864–1944)
the decision in 1929 by Fuld and her brother to seek the advice of Abraham Flexner, and subsequently to support, and endow financially, his vision for
Caroline_Bamberger_Fuld
Information Among Child-Helping Organizations. 1915 Abraham Flexner Influential educator Abraham Flexner declared social work focused on children "hardly
Timeline of young people's rights in the United States
Timeline_of_young_people's_rights_in_the_United_States
American chemist
programs and standardize them across the nation. The author and developer Abraham Flexner often gave African American medical schools harsh criticism. In June
Beebe_Steven_Lynk
Day of the year
Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (died 1944), 1866 – Abraham Flexner, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study (died
November_13
American businessman and philanthropist (1855-1944)
Hospital. Bamberger and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld worked with Abraham Flexner to found the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey
Louis_Bamberger
Evolution of American rural life and agriculture over centuries
Public Health 21.1 (2000): 639-657. Thomas Neville Bonner, Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a life in learning (Johns Hopkins UP. 2002. 188–194. See Agricultural
Rural_American_history
American physician (1908–2005)
Distinguished Teacher Award The Association of American Medical Colleges' Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education Kober Medal from
Eugene_A._Stead
American physician and medical educator
Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) in 1984 and was later to receive the Abraham Flexner award from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Early
Howard_Barrows
American physician (1875–1933)
at a graduation ceremony on 5 December 1933. His friends included Abraham Flexner and Edwards Amasa Park, who helped to publish Hess's works posthumously
Alfred_Fabian_Hess
Academic discipline and profession
psychology Social actions Animal-assisted therapy American educator Abraham Flexner in a 1915 lecture, "Is Social Work a Profession?", delivered at the
Social_work
Austrian-American physician and ardent
to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Flexner Report), Abraham Flexner (ed.) (1910), pg. 161; OCLC 9795002 "Homeopathy in Retrospect"
William_Boericke
Dewson, presented her paper, "The Delinquent Girl on Parole", 1911 Abraham Flexner, presented "Is Social Work a Profession?", 1915 Joseph Krauskopf, Missouri
National Conference of Charities and Correction
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Post-medical school physician training
Medical Graduates Lists Medical schools Specialty colleges Reformers Abraham Flexner Flexner Report William Osler William Stewart Halsted Andrew Taylor Still
Graduate_medical_education
Medical school of the University of Toronto
McKillop (1994, p. 75) Friedland (2002, p. 136) Friedland (2002, p. 138) Abraham Flexner (1910). "Medical Education in the United States and Canada" (PDF).
University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
University_of_Toronto_Faculty_of_Medicine
Abraham Flexner, son of Czech immigrant, reformer of American medical education, founder of Institute of Advanced study, Princeton. Simon Flexner, son
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Private university hospital in Washington, D.C.
completed in 1909 on Bryant Street, NW, between 4th and 6th Streets. When Abraham Flexner visited the District of Columbia that year, he was impressed by the
Howard_University_Hospital
Division within a university in the U.S. Canada
graduate schools of education as the "cash cows of universities". Abraham Flexner called courses like "the supervision of the teaching staff", "duties
School_of_education
American economist and banking expert
1919 he went to work for the Federal Reserve in Washington. In 1935 Abraham Flexner was struggling to establish a School of Economics and Politics at the
Robert_B._Warren
Scottish medical doctor
of his father's, Fraser was asked to host a dinner in honor of Abraham Flexner. Flexner convinced Fraser to go to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Francis_Richard_Fraser
Academic degree for qualification to work in a specific profession
any such artificial limitations." This changed (for medicine) after Abraham Flexner's damning report into the state of medical education in 1910: by 1930
Professional_degree
Medical school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
same year the university was renamed to the University of Pittsburgh. Abraham Flexner, a renowned educator, published his first report, Medical Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University_of_Pittsburgh_School_of_Medicine
American writer, social theorist, and critic (1870–1945)
Counterrevolutionists in Higher Education: Irving Babbitt, Albert Jay Nock, Abraham Flexner, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Alexander Meiklejohn, Oregon State University
Albert_Jay_Nock
American physician and radiologist
based upon the ideals of medical education propounded by Abraham Flexner in his 1910 Flexner Report. The medical school had opened in 1925 and did not
Stafford_L._Warren
Month of 1959
and the 2020–2021 New Orleans Pelicans; in Indio, California Died: Abraham Flexner, 92, American educator and reformer The USS Patrick Henry, the second
September_1959
Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California, and lectured at Abraham Flexner's newly founded Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey
Political views of Albert Einstein
Political_views_of_Albert_Einstein
American librarian and suffragist (1882–1944)
Jennie Maas Flexner (November 6, 1882 – November 17, 1944) was a librarian, a suffragist and author. Jennie Maas Flexner was born November 6, 1882, in
Jennie_Maas_Flexner
importance of the Flexner Report, he was selected by the Association of American Medical Colleges to receive the "Abraham Flexner Award" for distinguished
Kenneth_Ludmerer
American physician and ex-president of the University of Colorado
In 1964 he received the Association of American Medical Colleges' Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education, its highest honor
Ward_Darley
not involved in medical education and research. In 1910, Professor Abraham Flexner wrote a report about the state of American medical schools that fostered
Academic_centre
American medical college (1900–1910)
Morton. In January 1909, the school was visited by Abraham Flexner who authored the critical Flexner Report (1910) about the state of medical education
Knoxville_Medical_College
Years of Canadian Academic Medicine: How Michael Porter Became the New Abraham Flexner", pp.188-190, University of Toronto, Institute of Health Policy Management
Ontario_Blue_Cross
Medical Graduates Lists Medical schools Specialty colleges Reformers Abraham Flexner Flexner Report William Osler William Stewart Halsted Andrew Taylor Still
American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
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American physician
recognized by the Association of American Medical Colleges with the 2014 Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education. Woolliscroft
James_Woolliscroft
American Latinist and university administrator
summered near Ahmic Lake in Canada with his family and his friend, Abraham Flexner, from the 1910s. Kirkland died on August 5, 1939, in Ontario, Canada
James_Hampton_Kirkland
Medical school in Rochester, New York, US
D., became the first Dean of the Medical School in 1921, bringing Abraham Flexner’s innovative model to life. Backed by George Eastman's philanthropy
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
University_of_Rochester_School_of_Medicine_and_Dentistry
original on 2015-12-12. Bonner, Thomas Neville (2002). Iconoclast : Abraham Flexner and a life in learning. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 191. Ruthe
Carrie_Jane_Sutton_Brooks
German mathematician and Nazi
Edmund Landau's lectures. In a letter that Richard Courant wrote to Abraham Flexner, he stated: [There] were some seventy students, partly in SS uniforms
Werner_Weber_(mathematician)
American medical missionary
Reaching out to his friend, her father sought out consultation from Dr. Abraham Flexner in 1915. In 1916, McCracken and her father traveled to Boston so she
Mary_Elizabeth_McCracken
1988 history book by James D. Anderson
used included Andrew Carnegie, Alexander Crummell, W.E.B. DuBois, Abraham Flexner, Charles S. Johnson, Robert C. Ogden, George F. Peabody, and Booker
The Education of Blacks in the South, 1860–1935
The_Education_of_Blacks_in_the_South,_1860–1935
American academic (1923–2003)
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona. Iconoclast: Abraham Flexner and a Life in Learning To the Ends of the Earth: Women's Search for
Thomas_N._Bonner
U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797
scholar James Flexner referred to the Farewell Address as receiving as much acclaim as Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence and Abraham Lincoln's
George_Washington
American merchant and farmer (1741–1821)
Abraham Hunt (1741–1821) was an American merchant and farmer in Trenton, New Jersey, first Postmaster of Trenton, and served in the American Revolutionary
Abraham_Hunt
Organization for African American physicians
American physicians from their ranks. Furthermore, the AMA's support of Abraham Flexner's Report of 1910 witnessed the closure of numerous African American
National_Medical_Association
Press. pp. 345–348. ISBN 9780873388788. Savitt, Todd (3 May 2017). "Abraham Flexner and the black medical schools. 1992". Journal of the National Medical
University of West Tennessee College of Medicine and Surgery
University_of_West_Tennessee_College_of_Medicine_and_Surgery
Tertiary educational institution teaching and granting degrees in medicine
the purpose of self-regulation of the profession. Abraham Flexner (who in 1910 released the Flexner report with the Carnegie Foundation), the Rockefeller
Medical_school
is the official publication of the American Biodontics Society. Abraham Flexner Flexner Report Dental organizations Digital X-ray Six Sigma Dental Hypotheses
Biodontics
British-born Canadian surgeon and medical educator (1864–1932)
professionalization after Western received poor grades in a review conducted by Abraham Flexner. In July 1913, Williams was part of a committee headed by Dr. Hugh
Hadley_Williams
Two-year college designed and led by Alexander Meiklejohn
$3 million for the venture, he was rejected by Bernard Baruch and Abraham Flexner but through support from The New Republic's Herbert Croly was offered
University of Wisconsin Experimental College
University_of_Wisconsin_Experimental_College
American endocrinologist (1928–2017)
College of Physicians Endocrine Society Distinguished Educator Award Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education, Association of
Daniel_Federman
Dutch-American mathematician (1913–2011)
Foundation's Peking Union Medical College. Acting on a suggestion from Abraham Flexner, Isidore Snapper encouraged Ernst Snapper to apply to Princeton University
Ernst_Snapper
American physician, physiologist, and medical school dean (1925–2009)
Arts and Sciences (1979) Member of Association of American Physicians Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education from Association
Daniel_C._Tosteson
Lecture at the University of Oxford
Cann Bailey, “Carducci” 1927: H. A. L. Fisher, “Paul Valéry” 1928: Abraham Flexner, “The Burden of Humanism” 1929: Oliver Elton, “Chekhov” 1930: Percy
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ABRAHAM FLEXNER
ABRAHAM FLEXNER
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English
English : habitational name from either of two places called Braham, in Cambridgeshire and West Yorkshire, both probably named with Old English brÅm ‘broom’ + hÄm ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘flood plain’, ‘water meadow’.Jewish : reduced variant of Abraham.
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : patronymic from the personal name Abraham.
Male
Esperanto
Esperanto form of Latin Abrahamus, ABRAHAMO means "father of a multitude."Â
Boy/Male
Arabic, Celebrity, Gujarati, Indian, Muslim
Father of a Multitude; A Prophet's Name; Abraham; Earth
Male
Greek
(ἈβÏαάμ) Greek form of Hebrew Abraham, ABRAAM means "father of a multitude." In the bible, this is the name of the founding patriarch of the Israelites.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
The Fater of Ibrahim
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Ibrahim; Prophet Abraham
Male
Portuguese
Portuguese form of Latin Abrahamus, ABRAHAN means "father of a multitude."Â
Male
Hebrew
(×ַבְרָהָ×) Variant spelling of Hebrew Abraham, AVRAHAM means "father of a multitude."Â
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Abrahamus, ABRAHÃN means "father of a multitude."Â
Female
Hebrew
(×ַבְרָהָמִית) Feminine form of Hebrew Abraham, ABRAHAMIT means "father of a multitude." Also spelled Avrahamit.
Boy/Male
Afghan, African, American, Arabic, British, Celebrity, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Lebanese, Malaysian, Marathi, Muslim, Pashtun, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
My Father is Exalted; Arabic Form of Abraham; Father of Many; Father of a Multitude or Many Nations; A Prophet's Name; Abraham; Earth
Boy/Male
Indian
Abraham, Earth, Abraham, Earth a prophets name
Male
Irish
Irish form of Hebrew Abraham, ABRACHAM means "father of a multitude."
Male
Iranian/Persian
(ابراهیم) Persian form of Arabic Ibrahim, EBRAHIM means "father of a multitude."Â
Male
Dutch
, father of a multitude.
Male
English
(×ַבְרָהָ×) Hebrew name ABRAHAM means "father of a multitude." In the bible, this is the name of the founding patriarch of the Israelites. Also spelled Avraham.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Abraham, Earth, Abraham, Earth a prophets name
Boy/Male
Arabic, German, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Father of Many; Abraham
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Biblical American Hebrew
Father of a great multitude.
ABRAHAM FLEXNER
ABRAHAM FLEXNER
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Tamil
Guru
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Tamil
Satviki | ஸதà¯à®µà®¿à®•ீ
Goddess Durga, True, Pure, Honest
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Absorbed in Excellence
Biblical
his shade; his imageshady,
Boy/Male
Muslim
Lion cub
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Auspicious Apsara
Girl/Female
Indian
Light bringer
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English
English : from a pet form of Wagg.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from a pet form of Greek Tobias, TOBIN means "God is good."
Boy/Male
Tamil
Krisanu | கà¯à®°à¯€à®¸à®¨à¯à®‚Â
Flame, Fire
ABRAHAM FLEXNER
ABRAHAM FLEXNER
ABRAHAM FLEXNER
ABRAHAM FLEXNER
ABRAHAM FLEXNER
a.
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.
n.
Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
n.
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
n.
The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma.
n.
Alt. of Abraum salts
n.
A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, "His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him."
n.
One who follows the dietetic system of Graham.
n.
An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.
n.
See Brahma.
n.
The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry.
n.
A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra.
n.
The divine energy, personified as the wife of a deity (Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, etc.); the female principle.
n.
Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David.
v. t.
Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
n.
A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.
a.
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
n.
Alt. of Abram-man
n.
The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham.
n.
The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.