Maurice_Abraham_Cohen
Maurice (Moses) Abraham Cohen (1851 – 26 June 1923) was a linguist and pioneer of Jewish education in Sydney, Australia.[1]
Cohen was born in the Polish/Ukrainian town of Rava-Ruska to a Polish-Jewish family of Sephardic origin, being a direct descendant of Abraham De Mosso Cohen, the Rabbi who established the Spanish-Jewish community of Zamość. He was a brother of Henry Cohen. Maurice Abraham moved to the UK at an early age to be educated at Jews College, London.
He died on 26 June 1923 at age 72, and was survived by six sons.[1]