Captain Matthew Webb (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) was an English seaman, swimmer and stuntman who became the first person to swim the English Channel...
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List of successful English Channel swimmers (section First unaided successful crossing by Matthew Webb)
The press began to portray him as a rival of endurance swimmer Matthew Webb. Matthew Webb made the crossing without the aid of artificial buoyancy. His...
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template Infobox NFL biography is being considered for merging. › Davis Matthew Webb (born January 22, 1995) is an American professional football coach and...
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Paul Boyton (section Rivalry with Matthew Webb)
"Matthew Webb biography". Dawley Heritage Group. Retrieved 22 August 2018. Mason, Paul (10 October 2013). "Heroes of swimming: Captain Matthew Webb"....
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September 2009, Webb and Emmerdale co-star Matthew Wolfenden announced that they were expecting their first child, due in spring 2010. Webb gave birth to...
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Matthew Leslie Webb (born 24 September 1976) is an English former professional footballer born in Bristol who played in the Football League for Birmingham...
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person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb., after 16 attempts. Burgess was British but spent most of his life in...
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of his business partner, Matthew Webb. Walter Blackett is keen that Matthew Webb should marry his daughter Joan, but Matthew is interested instead in...
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for billiards, boxing, cycling, wrestling and athletics, rowed beside Matthew Webb as he swam the English Channel and edited a national newspaper. Chambers...
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2019 Traitors Hugh Fenton Main cast, miniseries 2020 The Singapore Grip Matthew Webb Main cast, miniseries 2023 Lockwood & Co. The Golden Blade 3 episodes...
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midsummer at Niagara Glen Nature Centre on the Niagara Parkway in Ontario. Matthew Webb, the first person to swim the English Channel, drowned trying to swim...
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original on October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017. Mitovich, Matthew Webb (June 7, 2018). "Marvel TV Boss on Defenders' Future, Thanos' Snap and...
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Archibald Bisset Smith: VC. Merchant Navy Victoria Cross recipient. Captain Matthew Webb: (19 January 1848 – 24 July 1883) Cadet at HMS Conway 1860-1862 was the...
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his failed attempt to fly Samuel Langley's aerodrome in 1903. In 1875, Matthew Webb attempted to use a form of goggles without a seal (which he called "barnacles")...
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his own life. In 1886, inspired by the late Captain Matthew Webb, he decided to follow in Webb's footsteps by navigating Niagara Falls and its whirlpool...
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Park – 1910 in Donnington Wood) an English cricketer and coal miner Matthew Webb (1848 in Dawley – 1883) the first recorded person to swim the English...
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public personality at Cambridge University Mary Webb (1881–1927), author Matthew Jones, footballer Matthew Webb, first man to swim the English Channel Mirabel...
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Charley Webb gives birth". Digital Spy. Retrieved 6 April 2010. Richardson, Hollie (3 February 2019). "Emmerdale couple Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden...
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swimming crosses the English Channel, first accomplished in 1875 by Captain Matthew Webb in 21:45. The first woman to complete the crossing was Gertrude Ederle...
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Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature David Munier, Matthew Webb, Matt Kuruc, and Tom Miller for "The Farm" Won Outstanding Effects Simulations...
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stroke is still regarded as the most powerful to use today. Captain Matthew Webb was the first man to swim the English Channel (between England and France)...
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Dutchman Henk de Velde known for sailing solo around the world, and Briton Matthew Webb who was the first person to swim the English Channel without the use...
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tradition of daredevils trying to go over the falls. Englishman Captain Matthew Webb, the first man to swim the English Channel, drowned in 1883 trying to...
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history and historical fiction, lived in Madeley from 1956 to her death. Matthew Webb (1848–1883), pioneer Channel swimmer, lived in High Street in childhood...
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finished the swim in 16 hours and 33 minutes, beating the record set by Matthew Webb when he was the first to make the crossing almost 50 years earlier. He...
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Bobby's fellow countryman and colleague, Matthew Webb (also played by Jim Howick in the Season 1) and Matthew's death in the Niagara Falls In Primus' song...
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Detective,' Matthew McConaughey get shut out?". Newsday. Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014. Mitovich, Matt Webb (December...
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Aileen Osborn Webb (1892–1979), American aristocrat Ambrose Henry Webb (1882–1964), Irish judge Amy Webb (born 1974), American author Alan Webb (disambiguation)...
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traces its origins to the latter part of the 19th century when Captain Matthew Webb made the first observed and unassisted swim across the Strait of Dover...
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activist, was born in Dawley. Dawley was the birthplace in 1848 of Captain Matthew Webb who was the first man to swim the English Channel – his monument stands...
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