Background
Hobbs,, Horton Holcombe was born on March 29, 1914 in Alachua, Florida, United States. Son of Horton Holcombe and Johnnie Lucille (Strickland) Hobbs.
Hobbs,, Horton Holcombe was born on March 29, 1914 in Alachua, Florida, United States. Son of Horton Holcombe and Johnnie Lucille (Strickland) Hobbs.
Bachelor of Science, University Florida, 1935. Master of Science, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, 1940.
Instructor University Florida, Gainesville, 1937—1941. Assistant professor, 1941—1944. Associate professor, 1944—1946, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1946—1955.
Professor, 1955—1962. Senior zoologist, 1964—1984.
Member of Sigma Xi, Association Southeastern Biologists, Crustacean Society, Crustacean Society, Association Southeastern Biologists,, American Society Naturalists, American Micros. Society, American Society Zoologists, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Georgia Cates Blount, June 29, 1939. Children: Nina Thompson, Horton Holcombe III.