Identity area
Reference code
Larmor/Letters/To Larmor/Webb (Misc)
Unique identifier
GB 275 Larmor/Letters/To Larmor/Webb (Misc)
Title
Letters from Robert Rumsey Webb
Date(s)
- 1900–1917 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
3 letters paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1850-1936)
Biographical history
After schooling at Monmouth Grammar, Webb came to St John's College in 1868, graduating BA as Senior Wrangler in 1872 and winning the first Smith's prize. In the same year he was elected to a Fellowship, and he subsequently served his College as Junior Bursar (1876-77) and mathematical lecturer (1877-1911). Webb was well known as a coach for the mathematical tripos, at one time teaching 60 hours a week. He died in 1936.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Larmor Collection, 1942