Harold Leopold Cohen (1873–1936)
Harold Cohen was associated with Lewis department store in Liverpool for 45 years, becoming the first chairman when Lewis's became a public company.
He made a gift of £100,000 to the University of Liverpool for the building of a new library in Ashton Street, to replace the old Tate Library. This was the largest benefaction that the university had received.
Cohen died on the day he was due to lay the foundation stone. The Harold Cohen Library was formally opened by former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin in May 1938.
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- Cohen, Clara (wife)
- Cohen, Mina (wife)
- Cohen, Martha (mother)
- Cohen, Louis Samuel (father)
- Edgar, Ethel Julia (sister)
- Sington, Ruth Louise (sister)
- Cohen, Samuel Maitland (brother)
- Cohen, Rex David (brother)
- Cohen, George Hubert (brother)
- Cohen, Stanley Gilbert (brother)
- Cohen, Benn Jack Brunel (brother)
- Eliot-Cohen, Eliot Charles (brother)
- Cohen, Florence Rahel (sister-in-law)
- Rose, Julia Eda (sister-in-law)
- Eliot-Cohen, Dulcie (sister-in-law)
- Cohen, Vera Evelyn (sister-in-law)
- Edgar, Edgar Samuel (brother-in-law)
- Rawson, Edward Leopold (brother-in-law)
- Sington, Harold Sigismund (brother-in-law)
- Rose, Ernest Albert (brother-in-law)
- Cohen, Hannah (aunt)
- Cohen, Rebecca (aunt)
- Levy, Celia (aunt)
- Cohen, Caroline Flood (aunt)
- Cohen, Roselind (aunt)
- Cohen, Bertha (aunt)
- Cohen, George Judah (uncle)
- Cohen, Norman Samuel (uncle)
- Levy, Benjamin Wolfe (uncle)
- Lewis, Samuel Eliot (uncle)
- Lewis, David Leopold (uncle)
- Levy, Harry Solomon (uncle)
- Tamworth, Louis (uncle)
- Levy, Herbert Wolfe (uncle)
- Levy, Septimus Raphael (uncle)
- Levy, Octavius George (uncle)
- Cohen, Rebecca (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, Caroline Flood (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Zara (aunt by marriage)
- Lewis, Annette (aunt by marriage)
- Lewis, Ray Charlotte (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Octavia Maud (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Bertha (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Hannah (aunt by marriage)
- Levy, Gwendoline (aunt by marriage)
- Tamworth, Violet Gladys (aunt by marriage)
- Cohen, George Judah (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Norman Samuel (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Neville David (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Burnett David (uncle by marriage)
- Cohen, Rachel (grandmother)
- Levy, Julia (grandmother)
- Cohen, Samuel (grandfather)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (grandfather)
- Cohen, Samuel Sydney (cousin)
- Joseph, Lillian Julia (cousin)
- Cohen, Leopold Wolfe (cousin)
- Cohen, Reginald Benn (cousin)
- Cullen, Byron George (cousin)
- Marks, Irene Rachel (cousin)
- Levy, Julia Alpha (cousin)
- Cohen, Stuart Samuel (cousin)
- Cullen, Horace David (cousin)
- Myers, Vera Anita (cousin)
- Phillips, Julie Lorna (cousin)
- Cohen, Alroy Maitland (cousin)
- Ross, Walter T. (cousin)
- Rawson, May Georgia (cousin)
- Cohen, David Lennard (cousin)
- Nathan, Gladys Julia (cousin)
- Rose, Julia Eda (cousin)
- Cullen, Sefton Louis (cousin)
- Crosse, Beryl Eunice (cousin)
- Cohen, Leslie Winston (cousin)
- Cullen, Ralph Neville (cousin)
- Golding, Louise Winham (cousin)
- Cohen, Lewis George (cousin)
- Haldin, Edna Caroline (cousin)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (cousin)
- Henry, Margaret (cousin)
- Lewis, Lance Will (cousin)
- Maitland, Mary Annie (cousin)
- Levy, Maitland Benn (cousin)
- Leyland, Lynn Wolfe (cousin)
- Levy, Douglas Alexander (cousin)
- Schiff, Betty Julia (cousin)
- Gentilli, Madge Hope (cousin)
- Levy, Kenneth Adolph (cousin)
- Prince, Norah Millie (cousin)
- Levy, Benn Wolfe (cousin)
- Levy, Patrick Reginald (cousin)
- Leyland, Richard (cousin)
- Tamworth, Ian Philip (cousin)
Citation details
'Cohen, Harold Leopold (1873–1936)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/cohen-harold-leopold-21926/text31958, accessed 30 May 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
23 July,
1873
Liverpool,
Merseyside,
England
Death
27 July,
1936
(aged 63)
Neston,
Cheshire,
England
Cause of Death
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