page_title: Nathan Cobb
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caption_attribution_description: English: Nathan Cobb, nematologist, photo taken before January 1st 1923Español: Nathan Cobb, nematólogo, foto tomado antes del primero de enero de 1923
context_page_description: Nathan Augustus Cobb is known as "the father of nematology in the United States".
  He provided the foundations for nematode taxonomy and described over 1000 different nematode species. An individual with a variety of skills, he made significant contributions to a number of scientific disciplines and the USDA Nematology Lab, originally established with him as the director, continues today.
  He was the father of Frjeda Blanchard, the geneticist who first demonstrated Mendelian inheritance in reptiles.
context_section_description: Nathan Augustus Cobb (30 June 1859, in Spencer, Massachusetts – 4 June 1932, in Baltimore, Maryland) is known as "the father of nematology in the United States".
  He provided the foundations for nematode taxonomy and described over 1000 different nematode species.  An individual with a variety of skills, he made significant contributions to a number of scientific disciplines and the USDA Nematology Lab, originally established with him as the director, continues today.
  He was the father of Frjeda Blanchard, the geneticist who first demonstrated Mendelian inheritance in reptiles.
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