Harry Cohen

Member of The Hundred

Name
Harry Cohen
Birth and death
1912 - 2000
Occupations
Educationalist, Religious Figure
Profession details
Headmaster
Related place
Northwest Surrey Synagogue, Oatlands
Author
Jean & John Smith
Harry Cohen

© Image courtesy of the Cohen family

Harry Cohen (1912-2000), Headmaster of Finnart House School on Oatlands Drive (only Finnart Lodge survives) from 1937-1970. Finnart was the first 'Approved School' for Jewish 'problem' boys, and eventually included CoE boys from the late 1930s onwards. Cohen was also a founder of the Northwest Surrey Synagogue in 1968, a councillor and Mayor of Elmbridge.

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