Levy Barent Cohen
Levy Barent Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1747 |
| Died | 1808 |
| Occupation | Financier |
| Parent(s) | Barent Cohen |
| Relatives | Nathan Mayer Rothschild (son-in-law) Moses Montefiore (son-in-law) |
Levy Barent Cohen (1747 – 1808) was a Dutch-born British financier and community worker.
Early life[]
Levy Barent Cohen was born in Amsterdam in 1747. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant.[1]
Career[]
Cohen and his brother moved in England had developed a large business in London. He became known as one of the leading merchants of the city.[1]
Personal life[]
Cohen was naturalized as a British subject in 1798. He was closely involved in a number of Jewish charities and filled successively all the offices of the Duke's Place Synagogue, the principal Ashkenazi synagogue in London.[1]
Through the marriages which his children contracted, including with Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England were connected with him.[1] In addition, his brother's daughter was Nanette Salomons Cohen, the maternal grandmother of both Karl Marx[2] and of who, with his son Gerard, founded Philips Electronics.[3]
Death[]
Cohen died in England in 1808.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia, Funk & Wagnalls, New York. Retrieved 6 December 2019
- ^ "Levi Barent Cohen Thepeerage.com". Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ Klaus (1 January 2008). "Westdeutsche Gesellschaft für Familienkunde e.V. Sitz Köln - Bezirksgruppe Krefeld (A walk through Nijmegen: A communist and founder of Philips have same roots. West German Family Research Society, Krefeld Journal nr 23, 1.1.2008)" (PDF). Retrieved 6 December 2019.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Cohen, Levy Barent". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
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