Tell me about the life of Adolphe Cohn

Context: Adolphe Cohn was a Franco-American educator, born in Paris. He was graduated "bachelier ès lettres" from the University of Paris in 1868, and studied law, historical criticism, and philology at various institutions of higher learning in Paris, receiving the degrees of LL.B. in 1873. A pupil of the École des Chartes, his thesis was called Vues sur l’histoire de l’organisation judiciaire en France du IXe au XIIIe siècle considérée au point de vue des juridictions extraordinaires and he got the diploma of "archiviste paléographe" in 1874. At the commencement of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, he enlisted and served in the French army throughout the struggle.

Cohn emigrated to New York City on May 13, 1875, and from 1876 to 1884 was the American correspondent of La République française, then edited by Léon Gambetta, whom he had known in France, and whose political views he had adopted. In March, 1882, Cohn was appointed tutor in French at Columbia College, and soon afterward made an instructor. By a popular vote of the French residents of New York he was chosen to deliver the funeral oration on Gambetta in 1883 at Tammany Hall, and in 1885 was called from Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a similar purpose, upon the death of Victor Hugo.

Answer: Adolphe Cohn (1851-1930) was a Franco-American educator born in Paris. After studying law, historical criticism, and philology, he earned his LL.B in 1873 and "archiviste paléographe" in 1874. Cohn served in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War before emigrating to New York City in 1875. He worked as a correspondent for La République française and later became a tutor and instructor at Columbia College. Cohn delivered funeral orations for Léon Gambetta and Victor Hugo.