Cyril Abraham

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Cyril Abraham


Born
in Liverpool, The United Kingdom
September 22, 1915

Died
July 30, 1979

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Born in Liverpool in England, the son of John Abrahams, an oil mill labourer, and Agnes (née Davies), a widow, who married in 1918, as a boy Abraham attended the Liverpool Collegiate School and as a youth on the training ship HMS Conway before going to sea as an apprentice with the Liverpool shipping line Lambert and Holt. He had a period as a Bevin Boy down Bold Colliery before serving as a Marconi wireless operator in the Merchant Navy during World War II. After the war, having literary aspirations but not knowing how to pursue them, he became a bus driver with Liverpool City Transport; here he worked with Harold Hargreaves Harrison, the father of George Harrison.

His first marriage in 1945 to Evelyn M Howarth was later dissolved. While st
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Average rating: 3.59 · 81 ratings · 12 reviews · 21 distinct works
The Shipmaster

3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1972 — 7 editions
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The Iron Ships

3.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions
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The High Seas (The Onedin L...

3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions
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The Trade Winds

3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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The White Ships (The Onedin...

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The Blazing Ocean

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De Onedin Lijn

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The Shipmaster The Iron Ships The High Seas The Trade Winds The White Ships
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