Walter Clopton Wingfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Clopton Wingfield

inventor of modern tennis

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1833

Place of Birth: Ruabon, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 18-Apr-1912

Profession: military officer, inventor, tennis player

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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 himself can be seen at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum.