Sir Lewis Cohen, nine-times mayor and lord mayor of this city, died here suddenly at the age of 84. He was a native of Liverpool, England, and was educated at Jewish College, Edmonton. He was a member of Parliament for North Adelaide from 1887-1893 and for Adelaide, from 1902-1906. He was prominent in Jewish communal life and was knighted in 1924.
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