About Philip Barker Webb
Lived 1793 – 1854 (aged 61). Philip Barker Webb was a Spanish and British explorer, pteridologist, botanist, ornithologist, naturalist and botanical collector.
Philip Barker Webb (10 July 1793 – 31 August 1854) was an English botanist.
Life
Webb was born to a wealthy, aristocratic family; his father was the lord of the manors of Witley and Milford, in Surrey, England. He settled in Paris, but returned to Italy in the later years of his life, before being struck by illness while travelling in Europe. He died in England in August 1854.
The former genera Barkerwebbia and Webbia were named after him.
Works
With Theodor von Heldreich he edited the exsiccata Catalogus plantarum hispanicarum in Provincia Giennensi (Provincia de Jaén) anno 1849 a Antonio Blanco lectarum to distribute a series of plant specimens collected by Antonio Blanco.
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Who was Philip Barker Webb?
English botanist (1793–1854)
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Philip Barker Webb was born on 10 July 1793 in Surrey.
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Philip Barker Webb died on 31 August 1854 in Paris.
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Philip Barker Webb was an explorer, pteridologist, botanist, ornithologist, naturalist and botanical collector.
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Philip Barker Webb was Spanish and British.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Philip Barker Webb
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