About Levy Barent Cohen
Lived 1740 – 1808 (aged 67–68). Levy Barent Cohen was a British banker.
Levy Barent Cohen (1747 – 1808) was a Dutch-born British financier and community worker.
Early life Levy Barent Cohen was born in Amsterdam in 1747. He was the son of Barent Cohen, a wealthy merchant. Cohen was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.
Career Cohen and his brother moved to England where they developed a large business in London. He became known as one of the leading merchants of the city. Through the marriages his children contracted, including with Nathan Mayer Rothschild and Sir Moses Montefiore, nearly all the leading Jewish families in England were connected with him.
Death Cohen died in England in 1808.
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Who was Levy Barent Cohen?
English financier (1747–1808)
When was Levy Barent Cohen born?
Levy Barent Cohen was born in 1740 in Amsterdam.
When did Levy Barent Cohen die?
Levy Barent Cohen died in 1808.
What was Levy Barent Cohen's occupation?
Levy Barent Cohen was a banker.
What nationality was Levy Barent Cohen?
Levy Barent Cohen was British.
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