Anne-Jean-Philippe-Louis Cohen de Vinkenhoef (17 October 1781 – 6 April 1848) was a French writer, translator, and librarian.

Jean Cohen de Vinkenhoef
BornAnne-Jean-Philippe-Louis Cohen de Vinkenhoef
(1781-10-17)17 October 1781
Amersfoort, Dutch Republic
Died6 April 1848(1848-04-06) (aged 66)
Paris, French Second Republic

Cohen was born to Jewish parents at Amersfoort, in the Netherlands. Beginning as a journalist, he contributed to the Étoile. He went to Paris in 1809, and was appointed censor for foreign languages in 1811, and librarian of the Bibliothèque Ste-Geneviève in 1824. He was the compiler of several catalogues, and also contributed to various papers, including L'Ami du roi [fr] and Les Annales de la littérature et des arts, and translated works by French, Swedish, English, Russian, and Italian authors, as La symbolique populaire, by Jacob Buchmann; Histoire des institutions d'éducation ecclésiastique, by Augustin Theiner; Scènes Norvégiennes, by Frédérique Bremer; and Histoire de la conquête de Grenade, by Washington Irving, 1829. He also contributed the "Théâtre Hollandais" section to the Collection des théâtres étrangers.[1]

In addition Cohen published a number of works, among which were: La France telle que M. Kératry la rêve, Paris, 1821; Herminie de Civray; ou, L'ermite de la foret, 1823; Histoire de Pierre Terrail, dit le Chevalier Bayard, 1821 and 1825; Jacqueline de Bavière, Dauphine de France, 1821; Précis Historique sur Pie VII, 1823; La noblesse de France, histoire, mœurs, et institutions, 1845; and Réflexions historiques et philosophiques sur les révolutions, 1846.[1]

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; Weill, Julien (1903). "Cohen, Anne-Jean-Philippe-Louis, de Vinkenhoef". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 145–146.

  1. ^ a b   Singer, Isidore; Weill, Julien (1903). "Cohen, Anne-Jean-Philippe-Louis, de Vinkenhoef". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 145–146.