Arthur Thomas Myers
Arthur Thomas Myers (born April 16, 1851 in Keswick , † January 10, 1894 in London ) was a British doctor, cricket and tennis player .
Life
Myers was born in Keswick, Northern England, in 1851. He attended Cheltenham College and then studied medicine at Trinity College , Cambridge . There he became the captain of the cricket team. In the 1870 season he also played his only first-class game against the MCC as a batsman . As a tennis player, he took part in the second edition of the Wimbledon tournament in 1878 and reached the quarter-finals. He was the first player to use the overhead serve. The following year he played again at Wimbledon, but did not get past the second round. He has also been described as an avid mountaineer.
After completing his studies in 1881, he worked at St George's Hospital in London and published regularly essays on various medical topics, where he later focused on nervous diseases . Myers, who himself suffered from epilepsy , dealt with healing methods using hypnosis .
He died in 1894 at the age of only 42 years in London's Marylebone by suicide at an overdose of chloral .
source
- Obituary in the British Medical Journal , January 27, 1894, p. 223
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arthur Thomas Myers. tennisarchives.com, accessed on October 25, 2012 (English).
- ^ Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club. CricketArchive, accessed January 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Gillmeister, H .: Cultural history of tennis. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7705-2618-X , p. 247
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Myers, Arthur Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English doctor, cricket and tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Keswick |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1894 |
| Place of death | London |