James Cobb

(1756-1818)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cobb, James, 1756-1818 NRA: Cobb, James (1756-1818) Secretary to East India Co Dramatist DNB: Cobb, James (1756-1818), playwright LBT ID: JaCobb1818 VIAF ID: 35811840 LOC ID: n82207750	B/BAP: 1756 DIED: 1818
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Prolific composer of theatrical entertainments employed in the East India Company; among his works was The Haunted Tower (1789). He was a friend of Horace Smith.
REFERENCES TO James Cobb: Smith, Horace, 1779-1849, “A Graybeard’s Gossip about his Literary Acquaintance. No. XI” in New Monthly Magazine 82 (January 1848) 14-20 Found 3: ¶ 20 ¶ 21 ¶ 23