Jewish Encyclopedia entry for Ferdinand Julius Cohn Ferdinand Cohn in the Encyclopedia of World Biography, published by Gale Group (2010). 1828 births 1898 deaths German microbiologists 19th-century German botanists 19th-century German Jews Scientists from Wrocław People from the Province of Silesia University of Breslau alumni Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Breslau Members of the Prussian Academy of Sciences Members of the French Academy of Sciences Foreign Members of the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek Medal winners Jewish microbiologists