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Walter Clopton Wingfield

1833 - 1912

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Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (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 can be seen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Clopton Wingfield is the 307th most popular inventor (down from 267th in 2019), the 3,394th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,607th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Walter Clopton Wingfield ranks 307 out of 426. Before him are Bill Atkinson, Oleg Losev, George Graham, Bernard Lown, Ivan Kulibin, and Marion Donovan. After him are Štefan Banič, Wilhelm Bauer, Paul von Jankó, Wilson Greatbatch, Abraham Darby I, and Whitcomb L. Judson.

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Among people born in 1833, Walter Clopton Wingfield ranks 63. Before him are Paul Bert, John Anderson, Robert G. Ingersoll, Segismundo Moret, Cándido Bareiro, and Géza Fejérváry. After him are Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Ludwig von Brenner, Salvador Jovellanos, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, and Johan Ehrnrooth. Among people deceased in 1912, Walter Clopton Wingfield ranks 99. Before him are José Canalejas, Antonio Pacinotti, Cesare Arzelà, James Allen, Francis Davis Millet, and Daniel Burnham. After him are Paul Gordan, José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, Émile Lemoine, Ferdinand Monoyer, and Felix Dahn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Walter Clopton Wingfield ranks 3,395 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Ransome (1884), Paul Bernays (1888), Steve McMahon (1961), Graham Swift (1949), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), and Joey Dunlop (1952). After him are Thomas Bewick (1753), Carole Pateman (1940), Edith Evans (1888), Anne Treisman (1935), Thomas Gage (1719), and Pamela Colman Smith (1878).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Walter Clopton Wingfield ranks 50. Before him are James Nasmyth (1808), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Samuel Morland (1625), and George Graham (1673). After him are Abraham Darby I (1678), Harry Brearley (1871), Henry Shrapnel (1761), David Dunbar Buick (1854), William Fothergill Cooke (1806), and John Wilkinson (1728).

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