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BSc (Rhodes), DSc (cum laude) (UP), MSACI Born in Cradock, Cape Province, son of Thomas William Webb (1887-1958) and Dorothea Wilhelmina nee Vosloo (1895-1954) (FS). He was educated at Templeton High School. Thereafter he attended Rhodes University where he was awarded a BSc. During World War II he served in Special Signals Services (Radar) of the Union Defence Force; later pursuing studies towards DSc at the University of Pretoria. In 1945 he held a professional appointment on National Roads Board. In 1947 he joined staff of the National Building Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (NBRI of the CSIR). In 1955 appointed Head of the Materials Division of the NBRI. In 1959 he became the Director of the NBRI of the CSIR. His research specialities were study of lime, differential thermal analysis, pre-constructed housing and building materials. In 1965 and again 1967 he is recorded as of address 51 Queen Street, Irene, Transvaal. He died in Pretoria. He married Aafje Haupt (1917-1996) on 1945 06 09 by whom he had three daughters. References
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