Writings
Cohen wrote a pamphlet on Indian railways, was a frequent contributor to the Jewish journals, and wrote the masterly series of reports of the board of guardians during his tenure of office as honorary secretary of that institution. The series of statistical tables started by him in these reports has ever since formed a model for similar compilations.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . Jewish Encyclopedia. 1901–1906. That entry was by Joseph Jacobs and Michael A. Green.
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