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Jack Cohen (other)
Jack Cohen may refer to: * Jack Cohen (biologist) (1933–2019), British biologist and special effects consultant * Jack Cohen (politician) (1886–1965), British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Fairfield 1918–1931 * Jack Cohen (businessman) (1898–1979), British businessman, founded Tesco *Jack Cohen (rabbi) (1919–2012), American Reconstructionist rabbi See also *John Cohen (other) John Cohen may refer to: Politicians *John S. Cohen (1870–1935), U.S. Senator from Georgia *John Cohen (Australian politician) (1859–1939), Australian politician and judge Others *John Cohen (baseball) (born 1966), American baseball coach *Joh ... * Jacob Cohen (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Cohen (biologist)
Jack Cohen, FRSB (19 September 1933 – 6 May 2019) was a British reproductive biologist also known for his science books and involvement with science fiction. Life Cohen was born 19 September 1933 in Norwich, but grew up in Stoke Newington.''The Jewish Chronicle'' 6 July 2005 "Not only connections" His father was killed shortly after the end of the Second World War, 1 September 1945. His grandfather was a rabbi and Cohen was an observant Jew in his youth. He continued to attend the synagogue for cultural reasons. He was married three times, and had six children. Academic career Cohen studied at University College, Hull, where he obtained a BSc (external degree of the University of London) in 1954. He obtained his PhD in Zoology at the same institution (by then Hull University) in 1957. He went to the University of Birmingham for post-doctoral work, and was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Zoology and Comparative physiology in 1959. He worked for a year at Harvard M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Cohen (politician)
Major Sir Benn Jack Brunel Cohen KBE (5 October 1886 – 11 May 1965) was a British Conservative Party politician and campaigner on behalf of disabled people. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Fairfield from 13 years, from 1918 to 1931. Early life Cohen was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, where his father, Louis Cohen, was a businessman and Conservative local politician. His family owned the Lewis's department stores, which Cohen's father ran after the death of David Lewis. Both of his grandfathers were politicians in New South Wales. He was educated at Cheltenham College, and then joined the family business. He married Vera Evelyn Samuel in 1914, becoming the son-in-law of Sir Stuart Samuel, 1st Baronet. They had three children: two sons and a daughter. War service Cohen volunteered for military service in 1906, joining a territorial battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment. He served with the battalion after the outbreak of the First World War, but re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Cohen (businessman)
Sir John Edward Cohen (born Jacob Kohen; 6 October 1898 – 24 March 1979) was an English grocer who founded the Tesco supermarket chain. Early and private life Cohen was born in Whitechapel in the East End of London and grew up at 91 Ashfield Street.P. M. Oppenheimer, ‘Cohen, Sir John Edward (1898–1979)’, rev. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 200accessed 23 September 2013/ref> His family were Jewish: his father, Avroam Kohen, was a Polish immigrant from Łódź who worked as a tailor, and his mother was Sime Zaremba. He was named Jacob but was known as Jack from an early age. He was educated at Rutland Street School until he was aged 14 and then began his working life as an apprentice tailor to his father. His mother died in 1915 and his father remarried. He became estranged from his father after an argument about his career choice as a grocer. In 1917, he volunteered to join the Royal Flying Corps where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Cohen (rabbi)
Jack Cohen (March 21, 1919– April 16, 2012) was an Israeli-American Reconstructionist rabbi, educator, philosopher and author. Cohen held a PhD from Columbia University in the philosophy of education. In 1943 he was ordained as a rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS) and, soon after, started to teach courses there. Cohen was one of the distinguished students of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, the founder of the Reconstructionist Movement, and was one of the founders of Kehillat Mevakshei Derech, a synagogue in Israel. Rabbi Dr. Jack Cohen was Honorary Chairman at Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood and director of the Hillel Foundation at the Hebrew University for 23 years. Biography Jack Joseph Cohen was born on March 21, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York, to Isidor and Helen, the first of three children. At the age of 17, when working in a synagogue, he first met Rhoda, his future wife, who was then 11 years old. In 1945, the two got married. Cohen was an outst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cohen (other)
John Cohen may refer to: Politicians *John S. Cohen (1870–1935), U.S. Senator from Georgia *John Cohen (Australian politician) (1859–1939), Australian politician and judge Others *John Cohen (baseball) (born 1966), American baseball coach *John Cohen (musician) (1932–2019), American folk musician and photographer/filmmaker * John Cohen (psychologist) (born 1911), British psychologist, see Thinker's Library *J. M. Cohen J. M. (John Michael) Cohen (5 February 1903 – 19 July 1989) was a prolific translator of European literature into English. Life Born in London, J.M. Cohen was educated at St. Paul's School and Queens' College of Cambridge University. ... (John Michael Cohen, 1903–1989), British writer and translator See also * Jack Cohen (other) * Jonathan Cohen (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
