Person Cobbold; Thomas Spencer (1828 - 1886); physician and helminthologist Cobbold Thomas Spencer physician and helminthologist 1828 - 1886 British Male Ipswich, Suffolk, England 26 May 1828 18280526 74 Portsdown Road, Paddington, London, England 20 March 1886 18860320

39 Norland Square, Notting Hill, London, England (1863) 74 Portsdown Road, Paddington, London, England (1886)

physician and helminthologist Parasitology Anatomy Zoology Education: Charterhouse School; 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 Parents: Revd Richard Cobbold (1797–1877), novelist, and Mary Anne Waller (bap. 1801, d. 1876). Spouse: Frances Philippa Amys, daughter of John Hewitt Amys, gentleman, of Palgrave, Suffolk (19 February 1852). Remembered as the most eminent British parasitologists of the nineteenth century. Fellow 02/06/1864 36 John Hall Gladstone; Campbell De Morgan; Edward William Brayley; Lionel Smith Beale; William Benjamin Carpenter; George Bentham; Alfred Baring Garrod James Paget; Samuel James Augustus Salter; Richard Owen; Thomas Bell; George Busk; Thomas Henry Huxley; Edwain Lankester; Philip Lutley Sclater; Thomas Rymer Jones; John Gould Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1889-1890 vol 47 pp iv-v signed by J B S Cobbold T M, IM000898.jpg International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Cobbold%2C+Thomas+Spencer RCN 50759 RCN 33589 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH1829 26 May 1828 - 20 Mar 1886 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 14/08/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA6066 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 16/08/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes 9da8d6ff-d659-4948-bc1d-929990603fa2