Walter Clopton Wingfield British Inventor
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First Name |
Walter
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Middle Name |
Clopton
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Last Name |
Wingfield
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Birthday |
16th October, 1833
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Birthplace |
Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales
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Died |
18th April, 1912
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Zodiac Sign |
Libra
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Nationality |
British
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Occupation |
Inventor
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Major Walter Clopton Wingfield MVO (16 October 1833 – 18 April 1912) was a Welsh inventor and a British Army officer who was one of the pioneers of lawn tennis. Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997, as the founder of modern lawn tennis, an example of the original equipment for the sport and a bust of Wingfield himself can be seen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.
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