Martyn Jack Webb (29 September 1925 – 19 January 2016) was a professor of geography and writer on issues of governance. An Oxford graduate, he was foundation Professor of Geography at the

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media release 20 November 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2019 As a geographer, he had a long-term interest in metropolitan planning in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

. He had written a number of books in collaboration with his wife Audrey, such as his large work on Kalgoorlie. At times, he collaborated with other writers such as Paddy O'Brien on various causes. He was not short of praise for a range of Australian political figures, including John Forrest. Webb died in early 2016, his death being noted by his original University, Oxford. One death notice described him as a "public intellectual, author, traveller and champion of causes". Obituary in ''The West Australian
'', January 2016 When he deposited papers some time before, the library cataloguer summarised his career as:

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Martyn 1925 births 2016 deaths Australian geographers Australian writers Academic staff of the University of Western Australia