Background
Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison was born on August 22, 1866 in Norwood, England. Son of Sydney John and Alice Elizabeth (Bennett) Cockerell.
Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison was born on August 22, 1866 in Norwood, England. Son of Sydney John and Alice Elizabeth (Bennett) Cockerell.
Educated at private schools in England and Middlesex Hospital Medical School.
Resided in Colorado, 1887-1890, studying entomology, botany, et cetera Curator public music, Kingston, Jamaica, 1891-1893. Professor entomology, New Mexico Agricultural College, 1893-1896, and 1898-1900.
Entomologist, New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, 1893-1901.
Consultant entomologist, Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station, 1900-1909. Teacher of biology, New Mexico Normal University, 1900-1903.
Curator Colorado College Museum, 1903-1904. Lecturer on biology, Colorado State Preparatory School, 1904-1927.
Lecturer on entomology, University of Colorado, 1904-1906, professor systematic zoölogy, 1906-1912.
Professor of zoölogy, 1912-1934, professor emeritus since 1934. Author: Zoölogy; Zoölogy of Colorado. Also of over 3,000 articles and notes in scientific publications, principally on mollusca, insects, fishes, palæontology and subjects connected with evolution.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Museum Natural History (honorary). Member Philadelphia Academy Natural Sciences, American Entomological Society. Member American Philosophical Society Has made scientific explorations in Siberia, Japan, South America, Madeira Islands, Russia, Australia, Morocco, Central and South Africa, et cetera
Married Annie South. Fenn, 1891 (died 1893). Married second, Wilmatte Porter, 1900. Children: Austin (deceased), Martin (deceased).