PhD & Cambridge University
From 1905 to 1906 he studied at the German University of Jena under the philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken and was awarded a PhD. From 1906 Abel was Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge reading for the Moral Sciences Tripos (BA 1908, MA 1912).
After leaving Cambridge, Abel taught in elementary and secondary schools (including Bootham School, York)and lectured in Philosophy at Clare College before his appointment as an assistant lecturer in the Education Department of the University College, Cardiff.
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