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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-03-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001035b.htm person Cobb Nathan Augustus AACR2 30 June 1859 4 June 1932 Place of Birth Spencer, Massachusetts, United States of America Place of Death Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Plant pathologist Biologist Nathan Cobb was pathologist in the New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1890-1904, with a period abroad as special commissioner to report upon the agricultural and other industries of America and Europe from 1898-1901. He vigorously tackled a situation where not only was the same name applied to different kinds of wheat, but the same wheat was known under several different names. His paper "Universal nomenclature of wheat", published in the Agricultural gazette in 1901-1904, attracted worldwide interest.

Born 30 June 1859. Died 4 June 1932. Educated Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science and University of Jena (PhD 1887). Farm labourer; qualified as a schoolteacher; taught at Spencer ca 1876-77; science teacher, Williston Seminary, Easthampton 1881-86; study in Germany 1887; Naples Zoological Station, British Association for the Advancement of Science 1888-89; arrived Sydney 7 March 1889; various jobs 1889; temporary professor of biology, University of Sydney 1890; pathologist, New South Wales Department of Agriculture 1890-98 and 1901-04, special commissioner to report upon the agricultural and other industries of America and Europe 1898-1901 and possibly attended 1900 Congrès International d'Agriculture, Paris, in this capacity; head, division of pathology and physiology, Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association in Honolulu 1905-07; agricultural technologist (later principal nematologist), Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture from 1907. Sometime president, American Microscopical Society, American Society of Parasitologists, Washington Academy of Sciences and Helminthological Society of Washington.

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 'Cobb, Nathan Augustus', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cobb, Nathan Augustus Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Nathan Augustus Cobb Plant Pathologist: a Bibliography of his work Spennemann, Dirk H. R. Nathan Augustus Cobb Plant Pathologist: a Bibliography of his work Albury, New South Wales Retrospect 2003 Book Section: Cobb, Nathan Augustus (1859-1932), plant pathologist King, C. J. Cobb, Nathan Augustus (1859-1932), plant pathologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 39-40 Journal Article: The cause of gumming in sugar-cane Cobb, N. A. The cause of gumming in sugar-cane 1894 Agricultural gazette of New South Wales 5 683-6 Book: Letters on the diseases of plants Cobb, N. A. Letters on the diseases of plants Sydney Department of Agriculture 1904 Journal Article: Universal nomenclature of wheat Cobb, N. A. Universal nomenclature of wheat 1902 Agricultural gazette of New South Wales 12 1614-29 Journal Article: Nathan Augustus Cobb: the father of nematology in the United States Huettel, R. N., and Golden, A. M. Nathan Augustus Cobb: the father of nematology in the United States 1991 Annual review of phytopathology 29 1 15-27 Book Section: The life of Nathan A. Cobb Eisenback, J. D. and Blanchard, F. C. The life of Nathan A. Cobb Blacksburg, VA, USA Mactode Publications and Amazon Kindle Press 2022 Nematology 101 Unit One: introduction and history Eisenback, J.D. 128-82 Journal Article: The discovery of gumming disease of sugarcane in Australia Ryley, Malcolm J. The discovery of gumming disease of sugarcane in Australia 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 151-7 Journal Article: Stem rust of wheat in colonial Australia and the development of the plant pathology profession Ryley, Malcolm and Park, Robert F. Stem rust of wheat in colonial Australia and the development of the plant pathology profession 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 83-97 Journal Article: Nathan A. Cobb, botanist and zoologist, a pioneer scientist in Australia Blanchard, Frieda Cobb Nathan A. Cobb, botanist and zoologist, a pioneer scientist in Australia 1957 Asa Gray Bulletin 3 2 205-72 Book Section: A history of plant pathology in Australia White, Neville H. A history of plant pathology in Australia Sydney Academic Press 1981 Plants and Man in Australia Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M. 42-95 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes