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Chapman Cohen (1 September 1868 – 4 February 1954) was a leading English atheist and secularist writer and lecturer. ==Life== Chapman Cohen was the elder son of Enoch Cohen, a Jewish confectioner, and his wife, Deborah (née Barnett). He attended a local elementary school but was otherwise self-educated.〔Royle (2004). Said Cohen, "in common fairness I object to being called "self-education," as though I did everything myself." (1940, p.93).〕 He had read Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Berkeley, and Plato by the time he was eighteen.〔"I am afraid that if I said how many authors I read and the number of books I read, between the ages of thirteen and eighteen many would think I was romancing. But I can definitely date the fact that before I was eighteen I was familiar with Spinoza, Locke, Hume, and Berkeley, besides having revelled in the Platonic dialogues..." (Cohen, 1940, p.43)〕 Cohen recalled that he had "little religion at home and none at school",〔Cohen (1940, p.93).〕 as he was withdrawn from Religious Instruction classes. Cohen and his wife had two children; a son (who entered the medical profession) and a daughter, who died at the age of 29.〔Cohen (1940, p.12).〕 On his death, ''The Times'' printed a short obituary of Cohen, which said:
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