Olin L. Webb

Olin L. Webb is credited as the coauthor of An Annotated Checklist of Nebraskan Bats, a scientific work published by the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History in 1952. The book was written with J. Knox Jones, Jr. and focuses on the recorded bat species of Nebraska.

Very little biographical information about Webb is easy to confirm from reliable online sources, which makes him a somewhat elusive figure today. What can be confirmed is that his published work sits within mid-20th-century American mammalogy and regional natural history, with an emphasis on careful specimen-based records and distribution notes.

For readers, Webb’s appeal lies in that spirit of close observation. Even in a short checklist, the work reflects the patient, detail-driven side of field science: gathering records, sorting evidence, and helping build a clearer picture of wildlife in a specific place.