William Henry Webster
Priest and malacologist in New Zealand · Religious Figures · Lived 1850 to 1931 · aged 81
Reverend William Henry Webster was born at Upton Hall, Cheshire. After a brief career in the navy, during which he saw service in Asia, Webster studied to become a priest and followed this vocation to his retirement. Rev. Webster married Mary Stubbs, the niece of the late Dr. Stubbs, Bishop of Oxford, in August 1875.
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They had a family of five children. Webster died in 1931, at Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, England. While posted in New Zealand he became interested in sea-shells and established a reputation as a malacologist and conchologist. Several New Zealand molluscs are named after him and a collection of his shells can be found in the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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