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'''William Trego Webb''' (24 August 1847 – 8 January 1934) was a British educationist and author who taught English Literature in various colleges in [[Bengal]] in India in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A prolific writer, he also produced a number of English language grammar books for Indian students with fellow-academic [[F. J. Rowe]].

William Trego Webb was born in [[Ipswich]] in 1847,<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2352/rg14_06928_0417_03?pid=39673862&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D2352%26h%3D39673862%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Ddjv2369%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv2369&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.243519877.149310683.1576352835-1722705520.1534682038 1911 England Census for William Trego Webb – Middlesex, Chiswick – Ancestry.com {{subscription}}]</ref> the eldest son of Frances Webb (1809–1883) and the Rev. James Webb (1803–1881), a [[Baptists|Baptist]] minister of Stoke Green in Ipswich. He attended [[Ipswich School]] and matriculated at [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]] on 26 March 1866, taking his [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in 1870 and gaining his [[Master of Arts|MA]] in 1874. He was an Assistant Master at [[La Martiniere College]] in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] from 1870 to 1875. He entered the [[Indian Education Service]] in [[Bengal]] in 1875, and was Professor of English Literature at Dacca College from 1875 to 1878.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aysbAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq ''The India Office and Burma Office List''], (March 1877) Wm. H Allen & Co., London – Google Books pg. 79</ref> Webb was Professor of English Literature at the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]] in Calcutta from 1878 to 1892.<ref name=Alumni>William Trego Webb in the Cambridge University Alumni, 1261–1900</ref> While working for the Bengal Education Department Webb collaborated with [[F. J. Rowe]] to produce a number of English grammar books for Indian students.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pNs8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA373&lpg=PA373&dq ''Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College 1349–1897''], Cambridge University Press (1898) – Google Books pg. 373</ref>

Webb married Isabel Mary ''née'' Aldis (1864–1952) on 27 September 1886 at St. George's church in [[Walsall]] in [[Stafford]].<ref>[https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=9852&h=4152767&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv2368&_phstart=successSource William Trego Webb in the England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 – Ancestry.com {{subscription}}]</ref> They had eight children born between 1887 and 1901: Phillis, Paul, Hope, Alice, Roy, Noel William (Billy), Molly and Josephine. Captain [[Noel Webb (RFC officer)|Noel William Ward Webb]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MC1}} (1896–1917), a British World War I [[flying ace]] was credited with [[List of World War I aces credited with 11–14 victories|fourteen aerial victories]]. The first pilot to use the [[Sopwith Camel]] to claim an enemy aircraft, he also claimed the life of German ace ''Leutnant'' [[Otto Brauneck]] for his ninth victory.<ref name="theaerodrome">{{cite web |url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/webb.php |title=Noel William Ward Webb |work=The Aerodrome |year=2016 |accessdate=8 April 2016}}</ref>{{sfnp|Shores|Franks|Guest|1990|p=378}} Another son was Lieutenant Paul Frederic Hobson Webb (1889–1918), who was killed in action on 7 July 1918 while serving in [[No. 27 Squadron RAF]]. His daughter [[Phillis Emily Cunnington]] was a physician, costume collector, historian and author.

William Trego Webb died in January 1934 in his cottage The Nothe<ref>[http://www.merseamuseum.org.uk/mmphoto.php?pid=LUC_AB1_003&ba=mmresdetails.php&ba2=cke&hit=1&rhit=1&rtyp=c&rtot=1&typ=owner&own=LUC_AB1&syn=all&rcol=MM The Nothe, Mersea – Mersea Island Museum Collection]</ref> at [[West Mersea]] in Essex.<ref>Obituary in ''[[The Times]]'', 12 January 1934</ref> In his will he left £30,724 15s to his widow Isabel Mary Webb.<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1904/31874_223146-00354?pid=5528483&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1904%26h%3D5528483%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3Ddjv2370%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=djv2370&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.256408075.149310683.1576352835-1722705520.1534682038 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995 for William Trego Webb (1934) – Ancestry.com {{subscription}}]</ref>

==Publications==
*''Hints on the Study of English'' – with [[F. J. Rowe]] (Calcutta : Thacker, Spink and Co., 1874)
*''Select Epigrams from Martial for English Readers'' (Trans.) (London : Macmillan, 1879)
*''Indian Lyrics and Other Verses'' (Thacker, Calcutta, 1884)
*''Selections from Tennyson'' – with [[F. J. Rowe]] (Ed.) (London : Macmillan & Co, 1888)
*''English Etiquette, For Indian Gentlemen'' (Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri and Co., 1890)
*''Essays Written in the Intervals of Business'', (London, New York, Macmillan and Co., 1890)
*''Enoch Arden'' (Ed.) (London : Macmillan & Co, 1891)
*''Aylmer's Field'' – with [[F. J. Rowe]] (London : Macmillan and Co, 1891)
*''The Coming of Arthur and The Passing of Arthur. With introductions and notes'' (London, New York, Macmillan and Co., 1891)
*''Selections from Cowper's letters'' (Ed.) (London ; New York : Macmillan, 1895)
*''Cowper's Shorter Poems'' (London : Macmillan & Co, 1896)
*''Four Children : in prose and verse'' (London ; New York : Macmillan, 1896)
*''Selections from Wordsworth'' (Macmillan & Co : London, 1897)
*''Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome'' (Ed) (London : Macmillan & Co, 1897)
*''An Introductory English Grammar, in English and Bengali: with Numerous Exercises'' – with [[F. J. Rowe]] (Calcutta : S.K. Lahiri, 1901)
*''Selections from Campbell'' (Ed.) (London : Macmillan & Co, 1902)
*''A Book of Bad Children'' (verse) (1903)
*''A Handbook of English Literature'' – with J. A. Aldis (Calcutta : S.K. Lahiri, 1912)
*''By Siloa's Brook; or, Songs of the Faith'' (London : Headley Bros, 1913)
*''English Poetry for Young Students. Selected and edited, with notes'' (London : Macmillan & Co, 1915)
* ''Stories in Verse. With introduction, paraphrases, substance-writing, questions, and notes'' – with J. A. Aldis (Calcutta, 1917)
*How to Write an Essay,: with Sample Essays and Subjects for Essays, (London : G. Routledge & Sons, Limited; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1920)
*''English of To-day'' (London : G. Routledge & Sons ; New York : E. P. Dutton & Co, 1925)<ref name=Alumni/><ref>[http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?fn=search&ct=search&initialSearch=true&mode=Basic&tab=local_tab&indx=1&dum=true&srt=rank&vid=BLVU1&frbg=&tb=t&vl%28freeText0%29=william+trego+webb&scp.scps=scope%3A%28BLCONTENT%29&vl%282084770704UI0%29=any&vl%282084770704UI0%29=title&vl%282084770704UI0%29=any Publications of William Trego Webb] – [[British Library]] Catalogue</ref>

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