Tag: Michael Abramson
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Dr. Michael Perl: Uncle Mouse’s war and other stories
Michael AbramsonMelbourne, Australia Michael Mathias Perl was born in Melbourne, Australia on 22 May 1903, the first child of Jacob and Elizabeth Perl. He was named after his grandfather who had been born in Chodziessen, Prussia, and arrived in Port Phillip aboard the Arabian in 1853. His father worked as a clerk and later a…
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Dr. Monty Perl—Pioneering Australian venereologist
Michael AbramsonMelbourne, Australia Mathias Michal (known as Monty) Perl was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 6 January 1873, the first son and second child of Michael Mathias Perl and Miriam (Mary) Davis. His father had arrived in Port Phillip aboard the Arabian in 1853 and established a successful business as a general merchant, wholesale…