John Jacob Cohen (1859 - 1939), by unknown photographer, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. GPO 1 - 02383. .Image Details

COHEN, JOHN JACOB (1859-1939), architect, politician and judge, was born on 20 December 1859 at Grafton, New South Wales, third son of London-born parents Samuel Cohen, storekeeper and pioneer in the Clarence River district, and his wife Rosetta, née Menser. Aged 11 he would rise at 3 a.m., row his father and a heavy set of scales several miles to weigh bags of maize before walking to Ulmarra East Public School; at night he used to make out invoices for the maize. He later became dux at both Grafton Grammar School and Calder House, Redfern, under Dr J. D. Sly. From St Andrew's College, University of Sydney, he won a blue for Rugby football and graduated B.A. in 1879 with first-class honours in mathematics, (M.A ...

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Australian Dictionary of Biography