Moritz von Cohn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Moritz von Cohn

German banker

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1812

Place of Birth: Wörlitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 29-Apr-1900

Profession: banker

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Baron Moritz von Cohn (19 September 1812 - 29 April 1900) was a German-Jewish private banker. Cohn was born in Wörlitz.
As the proprietor of a private bank in Dessau, he advanced to be court-banker to the dukes of Anhalt and also over several decades administered the private fortune of the Prussian crown prince and later emperor Wilhelm I.
He thus also made himself a strong financier of the capital for railroad construction, then developing in Germany.
He died in Dessau, aged 87.