See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

MATTHEW See also:

• MATTHEW WEBB (1848-1883)
• WEBB, SIDNEY (1859– )

WEBB (1848-1883)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English swimmer, generally known as " See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• WEBB, MATTHEW (1848-1883)
• WEBB, SIDNEY (1859– )

Webb," was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Dawley in See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire on the 18th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1848, the son of a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor . While still a boy he saved one of his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers from drowning in the See also:

• SEVERN
• SEVERN, JOSEPH (1793-1879)

Severn, and, while serving on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board the training See also:

• SHIP

ship in the See also:

• MERSEY

Mersey, he again distinguished himself by saving a drowning comrade . He served his See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and See also:

• CHINA

China See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, shipped as second See also:

• MATE (a corruption of make, from O. Eng. gemaca, a " comrade ")
• MATE, or PARAGUAY TEA

mate for several owners, and in 1874, was awarded the first See also:

• STANHOPE, EARLS
• STANHOPE, LADY HESTER LUCY (1776-1839)

Stanhope See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal by the Royal Humane Society for an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save a See also:

• SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

seaman who had fallen over-board from the See also:

• CUNARD, SIR SAMUEL

Cunard steamship " See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia." In 1875 Captain Webb abandoned a See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-faring See also:

• LIFE

life and became a professional swimmer . On the 3rd of See also:

• JULY

July he swam from Blackwall See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

Pier to See also:

• GRAVESEND

Gravesend, a distance of 20 m., in 4 See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours, a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record which remained unbeaten until 1899 . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year, after one unsuccessful attempt, he swam the English Channel, on the 24th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, from See also:

• DOVER
• DOVER, GEORGE JAMES WELBORE
• DOVER, HENRY JERMYN, EARL OF (c. 1636-1708)
• DOVER, ROBERT (1575-1641)

Dover to See also:

• CALAIS

Calais in 21; hours . For the next few years Webb gave performances of diving and See also:

• SWIMMING (from " swim," A.S. swimman, the root being common in Teutonic languages)

swimming at the Royal See also:

• AQUARIUM (plural aquaria)

Aquarium in See also:

• LONDON

London and elsewhere . See also:

• CROSSING

Crossing to See also:

• AMERICA

America, he attempted, on the 24th' of July 1883, to swim the rapids and whirlpool below See also:

• NIAGARA
• NIAGARA, FORT

Niagara Falls . In this attempt he lost his life .