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principal to the aspatria agricultural college 1893 -lrb- aged 47 -rrb- botany 1846 dr agricultural college.jpg henry j webb , principal to the aspatria henry j. webb
 henry j. webb university college , london
henry j. webb

henry john webb -lrb- 1846 -- 1893 -rrb- was an english scholar , who became a trained botanist before moving into medicine .
however , it was eventually agriculture and the training of scientific , practical agriculturalists that eventually caught his imagination .
in 1887 he accepted the position of principal to the aspatria agricultural college , a radical institution in the north of england , which a group of enthusiastic amateurs had established in 1874 , for the purpose of training the sons of tenant farmers and farm labourers .
in 1891 he became sole owner of the college , which he rebuilt and under his guidance it became one of the foremost seats of agricultural learning in england .
he was also a successful world record holding cyclist and tricyclist .
