Cobb was born in
Lincolnton, North Carolina in 1892. She received an A.B. from North Carolina Normal and Industrial College (now known as the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1912. Cobb taught in schools in Norfolk, Virginia from 1912 until 1914 and then returning for study there from 1919 until 1920. In between she taught at
Mount Holyoke College from 1917 until 1919. While at Bryn Mawr, and she worked with
Florence Bascom, Thomas Clachar Brown, Malcolm Havers Bisseil, and James Llewellyn Crenshaw. and then began work with the
Amerada Petroleum Corporation. Cobb's translation of
Elements of Geophysics as Applied to Explorations for Minerals, Oil And Gas was reviewed in
Science in 1932. Cobb died on May 28, 1975. == Selected publications ==