CLASS OF 1892

Rabbi Solomon Samuel Kohn was born in Galsage, Hungary, December 25, 1848, and died in Boerne, Texas, April 7, 1916.

He studied under his father's instruction in Hungary until thirteen years of age, and then left home, and traveling through the country officiated at different Hebrew congregations as cantor, and was considered at that time the youngest cantor in Hungary. At the age of sixteen he studied under Chief Rabbi Hirsch of Prague, and in 1869 graduated there as rabbi.

After filling several engagements in Europe, he was called to New Haven, Conn., where he remained until 1876. While there, he studied in the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, graduating as Bachelor of Philosophy in 1876. He was offered a professorship of oriental languages in Yale, but declined the offer, and in 1877 accepted a position as rabbi in Louisville, Ky. While there he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1881, and practiced for a year.

In 1882 he went to Boston, where he officiated as rabbi for seven years. During this time he taught oriental languages privately at Harvard. He was then called for three years to Buffalo, N. Y., but resigned after six months and accepted a call to Paterson, N. J. While in this city, his wife died, and after her death he devoted his attention to medical studies. After receiving his medical degree from Dartmouth and taking further graduate study in New York, he settled in practice in Norwich, Conn. After some years he went to London, England, and for five years assisted Dr. Lister in the Children's Hospital, South London.

Returning to America, he resumed practice in St. Louis, Mo., and for three years from 1907 was professor of anatomy in the Hippo-cratean College of Medicine and Surgery of that city. Then, on account of ill health, he removed to San Antonio, Texas. He conducted a sanitarium there for some years, and then removed to Boerne.

He is survived by seven children, one of whom, David Kohn, is preparing a biography of his father's life for publication.