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Webb, Matthew [known as Captain Webb]

(1848–1883)

Charles Sprawson

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/28927

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Webb, Matthew [known as Captain Webb] (1848–1883), swimmer, was born on 18 January 1848 at Dawley, Shropshire, one of a family of twelve children of Matthew Webb (1813–1876), a country doctor, and his wife, Sarah. By the age of eight he had learned to swim in the ...

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date: 24 February 2021

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