| Authorised form of name | Webb; Philip Barker (1793 - 1854) |
| Dates | 1793 - 1854 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Milford House, Surrey, England |
| Date of birth | 10 July 1793 |
| Date of death | 31 August 1854 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Milford House mausoleum, Surrey |
| Research field | Botany |
| Activity | Education:
Harrow School; Christ Church College, Oxford. BA (1815);
Career:
Studied geology under William Buckland (FRS 1818); travelled in Italy, Greece and the Troad, rediscovering the Scamander & Simois (1817-1818); requested that his name be struck out from the lists of the Society (1824); collected natural history specimins in Spain (1826), Portugal and Morocco (1827), the Canary Islands (1828-1830), Italy (1848-1850) & Ireland (1857); is collections were kept in a museum in Florence; wrote on the natural history of the countries he visited; suffered from gout in Paris (May 1854) and died shortly after
Memberships:
FSA; FLS; MGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 25/03/1824 |
| Relationships | Eldest son of Philip Smith Webb and his wife Hannah, daughter of Sir Robert Barker; great-grandson of Philip Carteret Webb (FRS 1749) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA7495 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1824/01 | Webb, Philip Barker: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |