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Name	John Jacob Cohen
Born	20 December, 1859 Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Died	23 March, 1939 (aged 79) Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Jewish Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation *	mechanical engineer (1881-1882) New South Wales, Australia architect (1882-1894) Queensland, Australia mechanical engineer (1882-1894) Queensland, Australia barrister (1894-1898) New South Wales, Australia crown/public prosecutor (1894-1898) New South Wales, Australia federationist (1894-1900) New South Wales, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1898-1919) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1898-1919) New South Wales, Australia judge (1919-1929) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	New South Wales Bar Association (member, 1894-1898)

* Dates are approximate