Thomas Spencer Cobbold FRS (26 May 182810 March 1886) was an English biologist.

Life

He was born at

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, the third son of Rev. Richard Cobbold, author of the ''History of

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''. After graduating in medicine at the

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in 1851, he was appointed lecturer on botany at St Mary's Hospital, London in 1857, and also on

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

and comparative anatomy at

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in 1861. He was elected a

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in June, 1864. From 1868 he acted as Swiney Lecturer on geology at the

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until 1873, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary College, afterwards filling a chair of

helminthology Helminthology is the study of parasitic worms (helminths). The field studies the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of helminths and their effects on their host (biology), hosts. The origin of the first compound of the word is the Greek ''wikt:ἕλ� ...

which was specially created for him at that institution. He was president of the

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from 1879-80. He died in London on 20 March 1886. His special subject was helminthology, particularly the worms parasitic in man and animals, and as a physician he gained a considerable reputation in the diagnosis of cases depending on the presence of such organisms.

Works

His numerous writings include: * 'Entozoa ; an introduction to the study of Helminthology, with reference more particularly to the internal parasites of man,' 1864. * 'Entozoa,' a supplement to the last work, 1869. * 'The Grouse Disease,' 1873. * 'The Internal Parasites of our Domesticated Animals,' 1873. * ' Parasites,' 1879. * 'Tapeworms,' 1866; fourth edition, 1883. * 'Worms,' 1872. * 'Human Parasites,' 1882. * 'Parasites of Meat and Prepared Flesh Food,' 1884. * 'Our Food-producing Ruminants and the Parasites which reside in them,' Cantor Lectures, 1871. * 'Catalogue of the Specimens of Entozoa in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England,' 1866.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobbold, Thomas Spencer 1828 births 1886 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh British parasitologists People associated with the Royal Veterinary College Scientists from Ipswich Thomas Spencer Cobbold Fellows of the Royal Society Helminthologists