Minister for Culture and Tourism Charles Abel of Papua New Guinea

in the 1890s had its dangers and Charles Abel had some close encounters.

Prof Abel was difficult to get along with.

Published by: Melbourne University PublishingBrilliant and forceful, Charles Abel was one of the most acclaimed missionaries in the South Pacific.

Brilliant and forceful, Charles Abel was one of the most acclaimed missionaries in the South Pacific.

When the acting administrator Judge Robinson committed suicide after a royal commission into the Goaribari affray was appointed, a faction supporting European settlement alleged bitterly that Abel had driven Robinson to his death.

Financially unsuccessful in England, Abel accepted an invitation from the evangelist W.

Abel was a religious fundamentalist and a strong individualist.

American biochemist (1857–1938)Abel was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of a farmer.

Abel approached biology with a first-rate training in chemistry and with the conviction that the study of molecules and atoms was as important as the observation of multicellular tissues under the microscope.

After his retirement Abel devoted himself to a study of the tetanus toxin.