COBBOLD, THOMAS SPENCER English man of science, was born at Ipswich in 1828, a son of the Rev. Richard Cobbold (1797-1877), the author of the History of Mar garet Catchpole. From 1868 he acted as Swiney lecturer on geology at the British Museum until 1873, when he became pro fessor of botany at the Royal Veterinary college, afterwards filling a chair of helminthology which was specially created for him at that institution. He died in London on March 20, 1886. His special subject was helminthology, particularly the worms parasitic in man and animals. His numerous writings include Entozoa (1864) ; Tapeworms (1866) ; Parasites (1879) ; Human Parasites (1882) ; and Parasites of Meat and Prepared Flesh Food (1884).