DeWitt Webb
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DeWitt Webb (December 19, 1840 Clinton, Oneida County, New York – April 12, 1917 St. Augustine, Florida) was a physician, politician, and naturalist. He was the founder, and for 34 years President, of the St. Augustine Historical Society and Institute of Natural Science.
Life
Webb practiced medicine in Salt Point, New York. He was president 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 assistant 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 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.
References
- Ellis, R. 1994. Monsters of the Sea. Robert Hale, London.
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- 1840 births
- 1917 deaths
- Physicians from Florida
- Members of the Florida House of Representatives
- Mayors of places in Florida
- Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
- People from Clinton, Oneida County, New York
- Politicians from Oneida County, New York
- Politicians from Dutchess County, New York
- People from St. Augustine, Florida
- 19th-century Florida politicians
- 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature