| Honorific Prefix: | Dr |
| Donald Webley | |
| Honorific Suffix: | FRSE FIB |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
| Death Place: | Sutton Coldfield |
| Nationality: | British |
| Fields: | Microbiology |
| Workplaces: | Macaulay Institute for Soil Research |
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| Known For: | The Microbiology of Composting |
| Author Abbrev Bot: | D. M. Webley |
| Spouse: | Evelyn Rosa |
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Dr Donald Martin Webley FRSE FIB (1916 - 1990) was a 20th-century British microbiologist. In authorship he is usually known as D. M. Webley.
He was born in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales on 24 January 1916, the son of Ernest Stanley Webley and his wife, Nellie May.[1] He was educated there then studied Science at the University of Wales graduating BSc in 1937. Continuing as a postgraduate he gained an MSc then a doctorate (PhD) in 1941.
From 1945 to 1975 he was Head of the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research in Aberdeen
In 1968 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Bacon, James Shewan, Percy Wragg Brian and Alexander Boyd Stewart.[2]
He died at Sutton Coldfield on 25 August 1990.
In 1947 he married Evelyn Rosa.