Leopold Cohn (January 14, 1856 in Zempelburg – November 18, 1915 in Breslau) was a German author and

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. He was also the father of Israeli politician and supreme court jurist

Haim Cohn Haim Herman Cohn (; 11 March 1911 – 10 April 2002) was an Israeli jurist and politician. Biography Haim Cohn was born in Lübeck, Germany in 1911 to a religious family. His father was the author and philologist Leopold Cohn. Haim was chairma ...

. He received his education at the gymnasium at Culm,

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, and at the

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, whence he graduated as doctor of philosophy in 1878. In 1884, he became ''

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'' at the Breslau University. In 1889, he was appointed

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, and in 1897 he received the title of professor.

Works

On Greek literature: *''De Aristophane Byzantio et Suetonio Tranquillo Eustathi Auctoribus'', Leipzig, 1881 *''Untersuchungen über die Quellen der Plato-Scholien'', Leipzig, 1884 *''De Heraclide Milesio Grammatico'', Berlin, 1884 *''Zu den Paroemiographen'', Breslau, 1887 *''Zur Handschriftlichen Ueberlieferung, Kritik und Quellenkunde der Paroemiographen'', Leipzig, 1892. On Jewish literature: *''Philonis Alexandrini Libellus de Opificio Mundi'', Breslau, 1889 *''Philonis Alexandrini Opera quæ Supersunt'' (with Paul Wendland), vol. i, Berlin, 1896; vol. ii, ib. 1897; vol. iii, ib. 1898; vol. iv, ib. 1902. He contributed to ''

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'' (Oct., 1892) "The Latest Researches on Philo of Alexandria," and (ib. 1898) "An Apocryphal Work Ascribed to Philo of Alexandria"; to the "Neue Jahrbücher für Classisches Altertum" (1898, pp. 514–540) "Philo von Alexandria"; and to "Philologus" (1899, Supplement vii, pp. 387–436) "Einteilung und Chronologie der Schriften Philos." Cohn was the author of the essay on "Griechische Lexikographie," in ''Handbuch der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaft'', 3d ed., ii, part i, Munich, 1900. He also contributed articles on Greek grammarians to Pauly-Wissowa's ''Real-Encyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft''.

References

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