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Walter Clopton Wingfield (October 1833 – 18 April 1912) was a
WelshWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
inventor of
lawn tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
(1874), which he called
Sphairistikè (Greek for "ball games").
Wingfield was educated at
Rossall SchoolRossall School is a British, co-educational, public school in between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year...
, and was living at Nantclwyd Hall,
Llanelidan- Location :It is located just off the A494 road between Ruthin and Corwen in the Vale of Clwyd.- History & Amenities :It has a 15th century parish church dedicated to St. Elidan, with services held on a fortnightly basis and a picturesque village pub, often only open at weekends...
, in north Wales, when he patented nets for the new sport in 1873.
He also authored two tennis works:
The Book of the Game and
The Major's Game of Lawn Tennis. He also invented the butterfly
bicycleA bicycle, also known as a bike, push bike or cycle, is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist or a bicyclist....
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Major
Walter Clopton Wingfield (October 1833 – 18 April 1912) was a
WelshWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
inventor of
lawn tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
(1874), which he called
Sphairistikè (Greek for "ball games").
Biography
Wingfield was educated at
Rossall SchoolRossall School is a British, co-educational, public school in between Cleveleys and Fleetwood, Lancashire. Rossall was founded in 1844 by St. Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year...
, and was living at Nantclwyd Hall,
Llanelidan- Location :It is located just off the A494 road between Ruthin and Corwen in the Vale of Clwyd.- History & Amenities :It has a 15th century parish church dedicated to St. Elidan, with services held on a fortnightly basis and a picturesque village pub, often only open at weekends...
, in north Wales, when he patented nets for the new sport in 1873.
He also authored two tennis works:
The Book of the Game and
The Major's Game of Lawn Tennis. He also invented the butterfly
bicycleA bicycle, also known as a bike, push bike or cycle, is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist or a bicyclist....
. His honours include the Royal Body Guard and Captain, First
DragoonDragoons were originally infantrymen deployed by horse, but later became cavalry. They were therefore trained in horse riding as well as infantry fighting skills. Dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the late 17th and early 18th centuries...
Guards. He was inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of FameThe International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit tennis hall of fame and museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.- History :...
in 1997.
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