Gershon e cohen biography
Gershon e cohen biography
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Gershom ben Solomon Kohen
Gershom ben Solomon Kohen (died c. 1544[a]) (also known as Gershon ben Solomon Cohen[4] and Gershom Kohen Katz[5][b]) was among the first printers of Hebrew books in Prague.
He was the founder of the Gersonides, a dynasty of Ashkenazi Jewish printers.[6] Mid-career, he attained rights to be an exclusive printer of Hebrew books in Bohemia authorized to produce Hebrew books.[1]
Personal life
Based upon his name, he was the son of Solomon Kohen.[5][7] Kohen lived in Prague by 1509, when he was a tax collector.
His relatives lived in České Budějovice (about 150 miles from Prague) and Kraków (about 530 miles east of Prague).[2][c]
He married Května (Tzemah), the daughter of Eva. He owned a house in 1517, his wife purchased another house for her and their children in 1521, and he expanded the original house in 1522.[2] Kohen and Eva ha