| AdminHistory | Cuthbert Collingwood (1826-1908) was a naturalist, physician, and surgeon. He wrote several scientific papers and publications, including Rambles of a Naturalist on the Shores and Waters of the China Seas (1868), his most famous publication.
Collingwood was born on 25 December 1826 in Greenwich, England. He was the fifth of six sons of Samuel Collingwood (1786-1852), an architect and contractor and wife Frances Collingwood.
He was educated at King’s College School and then went on to attend Christ Church, Oxford, graduating with a B.A. in 1849, M.A. in 1852 and M.B. in 1854. Subsequently, he studied at Edinburgh University and at Guy's Hospital, as well as spending time in the medical schools of Vienna and Paris. He married Clara Mowbray (d1871), daughter of Lieutenant Colonel, Sir Robert Mowbray. They had no children together.
Collingwood was elected a Fellow at the Linnean Society in 1853 and served on its council in 1868. He was the lecturer of Botany at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary School of Medicine between 1858-1866 and in addition, lectured on Biology at the Liverpool School of Science. Between 1866-1967, Collingwood served as a surgeon and naturalist on HMS Rifleman and HMS Serpent, travelling on the China Seas and carrying out research in marine zoology. He was also senior physician at the Northern Hospital in Liverpool. Between 1876-1877 he travelled to Palestine and Egypt.
Collingwood was a member of the New Jerusalem Church and published many expositions of his religious beliefs, including ‘A Vision of Creation’ and ‘The Bible and the Age, Principles of Consistent Interpretation.’ For the remaining years of his life, Collingwood resided in Paris, where he died on 20 October 1908. |