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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Mark Cohen

Mr. Mark Cohen , Editor of the “Evening Star,” was born in London in November, 1849, and at the age of four sailed with his parents for Victoria, Australia. He was educated, first in Melbourne, and afterwards at Ballarat under Mr. John H. Pope, who subsequently was for many years chief inspector of Native Schools for New Zealand. In 1863 Mr. Cohen arrived in Dunedin, where he was apprenticed to the sign writing and painting trade, under the late Mr. Borthwick. Later, however, he entered the service of the legal firm of Messrs Ward and O'Loghlen, and whilst there studied law. In 1865 he joined the employment of the “Otago Daily Times,” and in 1866, entered the service of the late Mr. W. J. Henningham, who was proprietor of the “Evening Star,” and was soon taken on the reporting staff of that journal. In 1869 he joined the “Sun,” then under the editorship of Sir Julius Vogel, and with Mr. Ebenezer Fox as chief of the reporting staff. The “Sun” ceased publication in 1869, and Mr. Cohen returned to the staff of the “Evening Star,” on which he held, successively, the position of chief reporter and subeditor, and was appointed editor in 1893. Mr. Cohen has for many years taken a keen interest in education. In 1884 he was elected a member of the Union Street school committee. He was for many years a member of the executive of the Dunedin and Suburban Schools Conference, of which he was secretary and chairman in succession; was elected to the Education Board of Otago in 1896 and served as chairman in 1898–9; was one of the founders of the Free Kindergarten Association, and assisted to establish the Dunedin Technical Classes Association, on the management of which he served for many years, and was mainly responsible for the acquirement of the Association's present “home.” Mr. Cohen served the ratepayers of Leith Ward for several years on the Dunedin City Council. He has also shown considerable interest in various phases of social life, and has frequently taken the platform to advocate his views. Mr. Cohen was married, in December, 1879, to Miss Sarah Isaacs, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Wolf Isaacs, and has two daughters and one son.

Mr. M. Cohen

Mr. M. Cohen