Herbert John Webber
Herbert John Webber (December 27, 1865 – January 18, 1946) was an American plant physiologist, professor emeritus of sub-tropical horticulture, first director of the University of California Citrus Experiment Station, and the third[5] curator of the University of California Citrus Variety Collection.[1] Webber was one of the advocates in 1913 of keeping the station in Riverside rather than re-locating the facility to the San Fernando Valley.[1] During 1920 Webber took a sabbatical from University of California to serve as general manager of South Carolina-based Coker Pedigreed Seed Company only to return to the Citrus Experimentation Station the following year.[4] In 1939, he and Leon Dexter Batchelor discovered an orange cultivar, Olinda Valencia, in Southern California.[4][16] Webber Hall, a life sciences building on University of California, Riverside, was named in his honor.