Dr W. H. B. Webster, 1793–1875: Antarctic Scientist

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Jones, A. G. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1974
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; Chanticleer; Antarc*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400031569; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400031569

In October 1834, The Suffolk Chronicle announced that “Mr. Webster of the Chanticleer is now practising surgery in this town” Earlier that year, he had achieved a little fame by publishing Narrative of a voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean in the years 1828, 29, 30, performed in H.M. Sloop Chanticleer, . . . from the private journal of W. H. B. Webster, surgeon of the sloop (London, Richard Bentley, 1834). This two-volume work sold fairly widely, and the Ipswich Public Library bought a copy at the time.