Allen Abraham
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Allen Abraham | |
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| Born | S. Ambalavanar 1865 |
| Died | 9 July 1922 (aged 56–57) |
| Education | Jaffna College |
| Occupation | Academic |
Allen Abraham (1865 – 9 July 1922; born Subramaniar Ambalavanar) was a Ceylon Tamil academic and astronomer.[1]
Ambalavanar was born in 1865 in Karainagar on the island of Karaitivu in northern Ceylon.[2][3] He was the son of Kanthappar Subramaniar and Paravathy.[2] Both of his parents died during the 1876 cholera epidemic after which he was brought up by his uncle Kanthappar Saravanamuttu.[2] He had some basic education in his home village before being selected to attend the Aid Training School in Tellippalai in December 1881.[2][4] There he converted to Christianity and took on the name Allen Abraham.[2] He graduated from the school in December 1883 after which he joined Jaffna College's five year Graduation Course of the Institution.[2] He graduated in 1888 with a first class.[2] Abraham passed the Senior Local in 1886 and the Jaffna St. Patrick's College, Jaffna in 1889.[5]
Abraham married Muthachi, daughter of Suppar Sankarapillai.[5] They had two sons (Kanagasuntharam and Aruliah) and two daughters (Jane Nallamma and Rose Rasamma).[5] Following the death of Muthachi Abraham married Ponniah Thaiyamuthu.[5]