Philip Speakman Webb (12 January, 1831 - 17 April 1915) was an English architect - sometimes called the 'Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture'. Born in Oxford, Webb studied at Aynho in Northamptonshire and was then articled to firms of builder-architects in Wolverhampton and Reading, Berkshire. He then moved to London where he eventually became a junior assistant for G. E. Street. While there he met William Morris in 1856 and then started his own practice in 1858. Wikipedia
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