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 |
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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. | |