Harry Cohen
Name
Harry Cohen
Birth and death
1912 - 2000
Occupations
Profession details
Headmaster
Related place
Author
Jean & John Smith

© 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.