# D. A. Webb

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Irish botanist

David Allardice Webb Born (1912-08-12)12 August 1912 Dublin, Ireland Died 26 September 1994(1994-09-26) (aged 82) Oxford, England Scientific career Fields Botany Institutions Trinity College Dublin

**David Allardice Webb** (12 August 1912 – 26 September 1994) was an Irish botanist and chair of botany at [Trinity College, Dublin](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Dublin) from 1949 to 1966. He was son of George and Dr [Ella Webb](/source/Ella_Webb). In Ireland he had studied under [Henry Horatio Dixon](/source/Henry_Horatio_Dixon) and also studied in the United Kingdom. In addition to botany he edited a history of Trinity College with [R. B. McDowell](/source/R._B._McDowell) and published a book on the history of art in Trinity College.[1] In 1982 he received the Boyle Medal of the [Royal Dublin Society](/source/Royal_Dublin_Society).[2] His botanical specialties included his work as a leading taxonomist of *[Saxifraga](/source/Saxifraga)*. He died in a car accident on his way to the [University of Reading](/source/University_of_Reading)'s [herbarium](/source/Herbarium).[3] The eighth edition of *An Irish Flora* was renamed *Webb's An Irish Flora* in his honour.[4]

The standard [author abbreviation](/source/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation_(A)) D.A.Webb is used to indicate this person as the author when [citing](/source/Author_citation_(botany)) a [botanical name](/source/Botanical_name).[5]

## Publications

- Webb, D.A. 1943. *An Irish Flora*. 1st ed. W. Tempest, Dundalgan Press. Dundalk.

- ——— and Hart, A.V. 1945. Contributions towards an understanding of the calcicole and calcifuge habit in some Irish plants. *Sci. Proc. Roy*. Dublin Soc. N.S. 25, 19 – 28.

- ——— 1952. The flora and vegetation of Ireland in Die Pflanzebwelt Irlands." *Veroff. Geobot. Inst. Rubels,* Zurich, 25 H, 46–84.

- ——— 1977. An Irish Flora 6th ed. Dundalgan Press (W.Tempest) Ltd, Dundalk.

- ——— 1954. Notes on four Irish heaths Part 1 *Erica mackaiana*. *Ir Nat, J.* **11**: 187–192.

- ——— 1955. Biological flora of the British Isles. *Erica mackaiana*, *Journal of Ecology*. **43**: 319–330.

- ——— 1980. The flora of the Aran Islands. *Journal Life Sciences, Royal Dublin Society*. **2**: 51–83.

- ——— and Hodgson, J. 1968. The Flora of Inishbofin and Inishark. *Proceedings of the Botanical Society of the British Isles*. **7**: 345–363.

- ——— and Scannell, M.J.P. 1983. *Flora of Connemara and the Burren.* Royal Dublin Society & Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

- ——— and Scannell, M.J.P. 1984. Flora of Connemara and the Burren; some corrections and additions. *Ir. Nat.J.* **21**: 286–288.

- ———, Doogue, D. and Parnell, J. 1996. *An Irish Flora.* 7th ed Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest) Ltd, Dundalk.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Trinity College, Dublin on David Webb](http://www.tcd.ie/Botany/tercentenary/300-years/chairs/david-allardice-webb.php)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Boyle Medal Laureates](https://www.rds.ie/Ireland-s-Philanthropic-Society/Our-Work/Projects/RDS-Irish-Times-Boyle-Medal-for-Scientific-Excelle/Boyle-Medal-Laureates) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190402102130/https://www.rds.ie/Ireland-s-Philanthropic-Society/Our-Work/Projects/RDS-Irish-Times-Boyle-Medal-for-Scientific-Excelle/Boyle-Medal-Laureates) 2 April 2019 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) [Royal Dublin Society](/source/Royal_Dublin_Society)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Herbarium RNG"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131204025240/http://www.herbarium.rdg.ac.uk/modules.php?name=Collectors&rop=show_collector&id=2). Archived from [the original](http://www.herbarium.rdg.ac.uk/modules.php?name=Collectors&rop=show_collector&id=2) on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Trinity College, Dublin site"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130209185523/http://www.tcd.ie/Botany/news/articles/2012/Webbs_Flora.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.tcd.ie/Botany/news/articles/2012/Webbs_Flora.php) on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). [*D.A.Webb*](https://www.ipni.org/search?q=author%20std%3AD.A.Webb).

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