Bookstamp of Salomon Cohn

Bookstamp of Salomon Cohn

Cohn, Salomon, 1822-1902

This is the bookstamp of Salomon (also Solomon) Cohn (1822-1902), a German rabbi and author. He was born in Zülz, Prussian Silesia on March 24th, 1822. His grandfather was the famous rabbi at Fürth, Meshullam Solomon Cohn.

Salomon Cohn was educated at the Pressburg yeshiva and later at the gymnasium at Breslau. He received his PhD in Oriental languages and philosophy from the University of Breslau.

In 1847 he was appointed as rabbi in Oppeln, followed by positions in Maestricht and Schwerin. In 1876 he became rabbi of the Tiergarten Synagogue in Berlin. From 1878 until his retirement in 1894 he lectured on theoretical and practical homiletics at the Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin. Cohn died in Breslau on September 22nd, 1902 and bequeathed his estate to the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin.

This German bookstamp was produced posthumously and reads: From the estate of Rabbi Dr. Salomon Cohn, former curator and docent of the Rabbinical Seminary of Berlin.

Cohn, Salomon, 1822-1902

Jewish Encyclopedia: Cohn, Solomon

Jewish Encyclopedia: Rabbiner Seminar Für Das Orthodoxe Judenthum

ProvenienzWiki

ca. 1902-1910

Digital Image: Washington University in Saint Louis

Ink

German

Bookstamp

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