Maximilian Cohen
Maximilian Cohen (born July 4, 1806 in Cologne , † November 10, 1865 in Bonn ) was a German publisher and bookseller in Bonn.
family
Maximilian (originally Meyer, also called Max) Cohen was the son of the banker Samuel Benjamin Cohen (* around 1771 in Wallenstein, Ries; † August 16, 1840 in Cologne) and Helene Wallich (* around 1773 in Bonn; † July 6, 1835 in Cologne). He was the grandson of the electoral Cologne rabbi Simcha Benjamin Cohen Rappaport. He was of the Jewish faith and from 1843 to 1865 head of the synagogue community in Bonn. Max Cohen was the father of four sons and three daughters, including Friedrich Cohen .
Act
Max Cohen had studied law and graduated with the ausculator exam . By chance he had met Aimé Constant Fidèle Henry and the two agreed to work together. On November 24, 1828, they signed a partnership agreement for the establishment of a lithographic establishment , from which the Friedrich Cohen university bookstore and publisher developed. Maximilian was responsible for business operations.
The family lived first in the Beethoven house in Bonngasse, later in Mauspfad. He felt at home with his family and fewer friends, with whom he liked to meet for readings . Since 1838 he belonged to the reading (Bonn) , since 1856 to the stock exchange association of German booksellers in Leipzig . Otherwise he led a secluded life.
literature
- One hundred years of Friedrich Cohen Bonn. Presented to the friends of the Friedrich Cohen company in the year of its centenary . Bonn on the Rhine 1929
- Theodor A. Henseler: University bookstore and publisher H. Bouvier u. Co. , in: Bonner Geschichtsblätter Vol. 7, 1953
- Klaus HS Schulte: Bonn Jews and their descendants until around 1930 , Verlag Ludwig Röhrscheid, Bonn 1976, ISBN 3-7928-0383-6
- Herbert Grundmann, editor: Bouvier 1828–1978 . Bouvier Verlag Herbert Grundmann, Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-416-01454-5
- Helga Fremerey-Dohnau and Renate Schoene, arrangement: Jüdisches Geistesleben in Bonn 1786–1945 , Verlag Ludwig Röhrscheid, Bonn 1985, ISBN 3-7928-0489-1
- Erich Cohen: Preserved - life under protective hands , page 491-502, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-930250-30-6
- Otto Wenig: Book printing and book trade in Bonn, Verlag Ludwig Röhrscheid, Bonn 1968
- Ernst Kelchner : Cohen, Maximilian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 394.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen, Maximilian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cohen, Meyer; Cohen, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bookseller and publisher in Bonn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1865 |
| Place of death | Bonn |