| Authorised form of name | Cobbold; Thomas Spencer (1828 - 1886) |
| Dates | 1828 - 1886 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
| Date of birth | 26 May 1828 |
| Date of death | 20 March 1886 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Zoology |
| Activity | 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
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 02/06/1864 |
| Relationships | Third son of Richard Cobbold, novelist |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889-1890 vol 47 pp iv-v signed by J B S |
| Royal Society code | NA6066 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1864/04 | Cobbold, Thomas Spencer: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/000899 | Cobbold, Thomas Spencer | nd |
| IM/000898 | Cobbold, Thomas Spencer | nd |
| MS/427/71 | Copy letter from [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas Spencer] Cobbold, FRS | 9 December 1880 |
| PP/6/41 | Paper, 'Notes upon the experimental breeding of Taenia echinococcus in the dog from the echinococci of man' by John Davies Thomas | 1885 |
| PP/6/42 | Paper, 'Note upon the frequent occurrence of Taenia echinococcus in the domestic dog in certain parts of Australia' by John Davies Thomas | 1885 |