George A. (George Augustus) Cobbold

George Augustus Cobbold was an English clergyman and author, born in 1857. Records linked from Wikisource and family-history sources describe him as educated at Harrow and Pembroke College, Oxford, and later ordained in the Church of England.

He served in several parish posts, and is especially remembered as the first vicar of St Bartholomew's, Sydenham, where he ministered from 1894 until his death. His best-known book, Religion in Japan: Shintoism, Buddhism, Christianity, reflects both his religious background and his interest in explaining Japanese belief and practice to general readers.

Sources located during research agree on his birth year, but there is some inconsistency about his death year: some library-style listings leave it open, while other references give 1916 rather than 1915. Because of that conflict, it is safest to say that he was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is remembered today mainly for his writing on religion in Japan.