I'm afraid I had to look him up. He died young. I'm a year older. My academic credentials are minimal, having studiously avoided formal education from a fairly early age and spent a life outside, plus a good bit of reading. I'm the epitome of crackpot;

https://medium.com/predict/the-webb-is-cast-72f2b8ab067d

The earlier version;

https://medium.com/@johnbrodixmerrymanjr/the-confessions-of-a-cosmic-heretic-5cd4c044b8ea