Background
Cobb, Nathan Augustus was born on June 30, 1859 in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William H. and Jane A. (Bigelow) Cobb.
Cobb, Nathan Augustus was born on June 30, 1859 in Spencer, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William H. and Jane A. (Bigelow) Cobb.
Both of English Puritan stock. Bachelor of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1881. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Jena, 1888, honors under Haeckel, Hertwig, Lang and Stahl.
Professor Chemistry and Natural Science, Williston Seminary, Massachusetts, 1881-1887. Appointee, British Association Advisory Science, Naples Zool Station, 1888-1889. Locum Tenens Professor, Biology, Sydney University, New South Wales, 1890-1891.
Pathologist Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, 1891-1898, 1901-1904. Manager, Wagga Experiment Farm, 1897-1898. Agricultural Commissioner New South Wales to the United States and Europe, 1896- 1901.
Director, Division of Physiology and Pathology, Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Experiment Station, Honolulu, 1904-1907. Agriculture Technologist, Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1907. Acting Assistant Chief, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, 1911.
Discovered and described over 1,000 new species of animals and plants of various parts of the world, mostly nematodes. Awarded medal by National Cotton Mfgrs. Association for work in establishing methods of determining the properties and value of cotton.
Member of American Micros. Society (exprès.); Helminthological Society, Wash, (ex-president). American Society Parasitologists (ex-president).
American and Foreign Scientific Socs.
Married Alice Vara Proctor, August 8, 1881. Children: Russell Harding (deceased), Margaret Vara, Victor, Roger (deceased), Mistress Frieda Blanchard, Mistress Ruth Ross, Mistress Dorothy Adams.