Julius B. Cohen

Julius Berend Cohen FRS (6 May 1859 in Eccles – 14 June 1935 in Coniston) was an English chemist. He studied chemistry with Hans von Pechmann at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. One of his students was Henry Drysdale Dakin.

Biography

Julius Berend Cohen and his twin brother Adolf were the only boys of ten children of Sigismund Cohen, a cotton merchant born in Hamburg, and Zena, née Berend, from South Shields, who were married in Manchester. Julius was born on 6 May 1859 in Eccles. Adolf fulfilled his father's hope that he would join the family business. Julius tried it for a year but then switched to chemistry. From 1878 to 1880, he studied at Owens College, where Arthur Smithells was also working; the two were to become lifelong friends.

In 1932, Julius and Hilda moved to Thwaite Cottage, Coniston. Julius died there on 14 June 1935. He was buried at St Andrew, Coniston. Hilda died on 21 November 1944, and was buried in the same grave.

Works

The Owens College Course of Practical Organic Chemistry, Macmillan & Co, 1887 Theoretical organic chemistry, Macmillan and Co Ltd, 1902 Practical organic chemistry for advanced students, Macmillan, 1907 Smoke. A study of town air, Edward Arnold, 1912 A Class-Book of Organic Chemistry, Macmillan & Co, 1917