Basil Ellenbogen

Basil Ellenbogen
Born Basil Katzenellenbogen
22 December 1917
Died 26 January 1996
Nationality British
Education Liverpool Collegiate School
Alma mater Liverpool University
Occupation Consultant physician
Religion Jewish
Spouse(s) Marianne Strauss
Parent(s) Max Katzenellenbogen
Gertrude Hamburg
Relatives Gershon Ellenbogen (brother)
Kate Whiteman (niece)

Basil Kazen Ellenbogen (22 December 1917 - 26 January 1996) was a British Army officer and consultant physician.

Early life

Ellenbogen was born Basil Katzenellenbogen in Liverpool, the son of Max Katzenellenbogen and Gertrude Hamburg. His brother was the barrister and author Gershon Ellenbogen. He was edcuated at Liverpool Collegiate School and Liverpool University, where he studied medicine, graduating in 1941.[1]

Selected publications

Personal life

He met his future wife, the author Marianne Strauss (died December 1996), in Dusseldorf, when he was a Captain in the British Army attached to the occupying forces after World War II.[2] They spent the rest of their lives in Liverpool.

He was much more Orthodox in his Judaism than his wife, whose parents had only been irregular visitors to the synagogue.[3]

They had two children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lives of the fellows: Basil Kazen Ellenbogen". munksroll. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. Sue Wright; Linda Hantrais; Jolyon Howorth (2000). Language, Politics, and Society: The New Languages Department : Festschrift in Honour of Professor D.E. Ager. Multilingual Matters. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-85359-487-8. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. Volker Rolf Berghahn; Simone Lässig (1 January 2008). Biography Between Structure and Agency: Central European Lives in International Historiography. Berghahn Books. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-84545-518-7. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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