Frederic COBB
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1 FEB 1796 - 2 SEP 1883
Personal Information
- BIRTH: 1 FEB 1796, Throwley, Kent, England
- BURIAL: St. Mary the Virgin Church
Frensham, Surrey, England
- DEATH: 2 SEP 1883, Frensham, Surrey, England
Notes
The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London; Vol III, 2d Ed; William Munk; Published by the College; MDCCCLXXVII (1878); p. 265: "Frederic Cobb, M.D., was born at Throwley, co. Kent, and received his preparatory education at the King’s school, Canterbury. He commenced the study of medicine at the London hospital, and in 1818 was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the school of that institution. Removing to Edinburgh, where he remained three years, he graduated doctor of medicine 1st August, 1822 (D.M.I. de Rabie Canina). Dr. Cobb then settled in London, was admitted a Licentiate of the College of Physicians 24th March, 1823, and a Fellow 30th September, 1839. He was elected assistant physician to the London hospital 5th September, 1827, and physician 17th February, 1841, an office which he retained until 1854, shortly after which he retired from the practice of his profession, and withdrew to an estate he had purchased, near Farnham, Surrey, where he now resides."
A tablet in the church reads: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERIC COBB M.D., F.R.C.P. BORN 1 FEBRUARY 1796, DIED 2 SEPTEMBER 1883 AND OF HIS WIFE ELEANOR, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CRAWFORD DAVISON ESQ. OF PIERREPONT BORN 18 OCTOBER 1801, DIED 11 JANUARY 1875"
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