Background
Cobb, John Nathan was born on February 20, 1868 in Oxford, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel S. and Louise (Richards) Cobb.
Cobb, John Nathan was born on February 20, 1868 in Oxford, New Jersey, United States. Son of Samuel S. and Louise (Richards) Cobb.
Educational public schools.
Catherine. Newspaper reporter and editor, 1886-1890. Field agent United States Bureau Fisheries, 1895-1904. Assistant Alaska salmon agent, with same bureau, 1904-1912.
Editor Pacific Fisherman, Seattle, Washington, 1913-1917.
Director College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, since 1919.
Member Advisory Scientific Board, International Fisheries Commission, since 1925. Member American Fisheries Society, Pacific Fisheries Society (president, 1921, 23).
Married Harriet C. Bidwell, October 18, 1898.