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GUSTAV COHN (184o– )
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COHN, GUSTAV (184o– ), German economist, was born on the 12th of December 184o at Marienwerder, in West Prussia. He was educated at Berlin and Jena universities. In 1869 he obtained a post at the polytechnic in Riga, and in 1875 was elected a professor at the polytechnic at Zurich. In 1873 he went to England for a period of study, and as a result published his Untersuchungen tither die englische Eisenbahnpolitik (Leipzig, 1874–187J). In 1884 he was appointed professor of political science at Gottingen. Cohn's best-known works are System der Nationaldkonomie (Stuttgart, 1885); Finanzwissenschoft (1889); Nationalokonomische Studien (1886), and Zur Geschichte and Politik des Verkehrswesens (1900).