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{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = Abraham
| name = Logan
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix =
| image = File:Logan,_Abraham.jpg
| birth_date = 1816
| death_date = 1873
| address = Singapore
| occupation = legal
| elected_ESL = 1863.01.13
| elected_ASL =
| elected_AI =
| elected_APS =
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ESL, AI Corresponding member
| left =
| clubs =
| societies =
}}
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===

=== House Notes ===
alexander in 67, 68, 69, 70, 72 - maybe this is right and abraham wrong - or were there two individuals?<br />check printed lists - was he an Hon. fellow too? (NO)[see J.R. Logan who appears to have been made one twice]<br /><br />brother of J.R. Logan qv
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
Abraham Logan (b. 31 August 1816, Hattan Hall, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 20 December 1873, Penang, Malaya) was a leading lawyer in Singapore, and the owner and editor of the Singapore Free Press. He was pivotal in the historic transfer of the Straits Settlements to the Colonial Office on 1 April 1867.<br /><br />Abraham Logan (August 13, 1816 - December 20, 1873) was the owner and editor of the Singapore Free Press. Also a prominent lawyer, having studied law in Edinburgh, Logan played a significant role in the historic transfrerral of the Straits Settlement to the Colonial Office.[1]<br />His father being Thomas Logan, Abraham Logan was born in Hattan Hall, Berwickshire, Scotland. Secretary to the Singapore Chamber of Commerce from 1950, until his retirement in 1968, Logan was pivotal in the changing of hands of the Straits Settlement. On April 1, 1867, the transfer was finally made, with a bit of help from allies in London.[2]<br />Living most of his life on Pleasant Mountain, Thomson Road, Logan later moved to Penang in 1969, after the death of his brother, James Richardson Logan. Resigning from most of his activities in Singapore, Logan died in Penang on December 20, 1873.<br />
== Publications ==
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