Thomas Spencer Cobbold ( 1828 - 1886 )

Birth: Ipswich, Suffolk, England (26 May 1828) Death: 20 March 1886 Profession: Physician Research Field: Zoology Education: Charterhouse; Edinburgh; apprenticed to John Green Crosse, surgeon of Norwich (FRS 1836) MD (1852) Career: Curator, Anatomical Museum, University of Edinburgh; Prosector to John Goodsir (FRS 1846); moved to London and studied helminthology; Lecturer in Comparative Anatomy and Zoology, Middlesex Medical College (1860-1873); Swiney Professor of Geology (1868-1878); Professor of Helminthology, Royal Veterinary College; wrote papers on Entozoa Memberships: FLS Membership: Fellow Election Date: 2/06/1864.