Statue of Jonas Webb in Babraham, Cambridgeshire

Jonas Webb (born 10 November 1796, died 10 November 1862) was an English farmer and stock breeder who was responsible for developing the Southdown breed of sheep into its modern form. Babraham is a village and Civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about six miles south-east of Cambridge History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A farmer is a person who raises living organisms for food or raw materials A breeder is a person who practices the vocation of mating carefully selected specimens of the same Breed to reproduce specific consistently replicable qualities and characteristics The Southdown is a small dual purpose British Sheep. Today it is raised in many parts of the world See Breed (song for the song by Nirvana. See Breed (video game for the video game by Brat Designs

Webb was born in Great Thurlow in Suffolk, but began farming in Babraham, Cambridgeshire in 1822. Suffolk (ˈsʌfək is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. Babraham is a village and Civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England, about six miles south-east of Cambridge History Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of some of the earliest known Neolithic permanent settlement in the United Kingdom, along with sites at Fengate Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the He acquired a flock of the then rare Southdowns from John Ellman of Glynde, Sussex and bred them to produce a strain of larger size, earlier maturity and improved fleece quality. John Ellman ( 17 October 1753 &ndash 22 November 1832) was an English Farmer and stock Breeder who developed For the place in Adelaide, South Australia, see Glynde South Australia. Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. Wool is the fiber derived from the specialized skin cells called follicles of animals in the Caprinae family principally sheep, but the hair of certain species

By the 1830s he had become the leading breeder of Southdowns, and in the 1840s and 1850s won prizes at virtually every annual Royal Agricultural Society exhibition, until in 1860 he won all six prizes offered by the society for rams. The Royal Agricultural Society of England was established in the United Kingdom in 1838 with the motto "Practice with Science" Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting He achieved international recognition in 1855 at the Paris Universal Exhibition, winning a gold medal. Emperor Napoleon III admired his exhibits and was presented with Webb's prize ram in return. Napoléon III, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (full name Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) (20 April 1808 9 January 1873 was the first President

Webb was also a noted breeder of cattle; his shorthorn herd was praised by contemporaries and won him several prizes. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family The Shorthorn breed of Cattle originated in the North East of England in the late 18th century

Webb died in 1862, shortly after breaking up his flocks and retiring. His sheep were exported all over the world, to countries including France, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island He was commemorated with a statue at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, which is now located in his home village of Babraham. A statue is a Sculpture in the round representing a person or persons an animal or an event normally full-length as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size The Cambridge Corn Exchange is a concert venue in Cambridge. The venue is recognised as one of the premier music and theatre venues in the UK.

References

• Ernest Clarke, ‘Webb, Jonas (1796–1862)’, rev. Anne Pimlott Baker, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28926