Jefferson Davis Cohn

Jefferson Davis Cohn
Jefferson Davis Cohn
Born	1881; London
Died	1951; Manhattan, New York
Nationality	British American
Spouse	Marcelle Chantal (m. 1921)

Jefferson Davis Cohn (1881–1951) was a British American publisher and horse breeder. He was the godson of Jefferson Davis.^[1]

In 1914, he bought Teddy from Edmond Blanc for 5,400 francs. Cohn also owned Haras du Bois-Roussel, a breeding farm in Alençon, which he sold to Léon Volterra [fr].

He was married firstly to Florence, daughter of the Member of Parliament, financier and swindler Horatio Bottomley,^[2]^[3] and secondly, in 1921, to Marcelle Chantal.

References

^ http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930243,00.html
^ Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century A- GI: Volume VII, ed. Frank N. Magill, Routledge, 1999, p. 382
^ Paris 1918: The War Diary of the British Ambassador, the 17th Earl of Derby, ed. David Dutton, Liverpool University Press, p. 12

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[1] ttp://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,930243,00.html

[2] Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th Century A- GI: Volume VII, ed. Frank N. Magill, Routledge, 1999, p. 382

[3] Paris 1918: The War Diary of the British Ambassador, the 17th Earl of Derby, ed. David Dutton, Liverpool University Press, p. 12

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