DeWitt Webb

DeWitt Webb
DeWitt Webb
Born	December 19, 1840; Clinton, New York
Died	April 12, 1917 (aged 76); St. Augustine, Florida
Known for	St. Augustine Monster
	Scientific career
Fields	Medicine; Natural history
Institutions	Florida State Legislature; Mayor (St. Augustine); Flagler Hospital; State School for the Deaf and Blind; Fort Marion; St. Augustine Historical Society and Institute of Science

DeWitt Webb (December 19, 1840 Clinton, Oneida County, New York – April 12, 1917 St. Augustine, Florida) was a physician, politician, and amateur naturalist. He was the founder, and for 34 years President, of the St. Augustine Historical Society and Institute of Science.

Life

Webb practiced medicine in Salt Point, New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Dutchess Co., 2nd D.) in 1876 and 1877.

Webb moved to St. Augustine in 1880. He was a member of the St. Augustine Free Public Library Association. Professionally, Webb was a practicing doctor at Flagler Hospital and was head doctor at the State School for the Deaf and Blind. He was also the Acting Assistant Surgeon and Medical Officer at Fort Marion at the time when Native Americans lived there during the 1880s. Webb was a member of the Florida State Legislature and Mayor of St. Augustine in 1911 and 1912.

Webb beside the "St. Augustine Monster"

Webb is probably best known for his involvement in the documenting of the St. Augustine Monster of 1896. He was the only person of an academic background to examine the specimen in situ.

The Webb Building at the Oldest House of the St. Augustine Historical Society and Institute of Science was built in 1923 in his memory.

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References

Ellis, R. 1994. Monsters of the Sea. Robert Hale, London.

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