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Lawn tennis

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Invented, developed and patented by Wingfield.  The Wimbledon championships began in 1877 and are the world's oldest tennis tournament.

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Lawn tennis

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Walter Clopton Wingfield

Greater London Council Major Walter Clopton Wingfield, 1833 - 1912, father of...

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Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger

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1 memorial
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Scipio Africanus Mussabini

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1 memorial
Julius Hirsch

Julius Hirsch

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1 memorial
Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE

Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE

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Princess Margaret

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Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous, Scotland

7 memorials
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Camille Pissarro

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Ken Livingstone

Ken Livingstone

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Person, Politics & Administration

3 memorials