Julian Marshall

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Julian Marshall (born June 24, 1836 in Headingley , England , † November 21, 1903 in London ) was an English author , music and art collector, real tennis and tennis player . As a member of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club , he was instrumental in preparing for the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877 .

Life

Marshall was born in Headingley, a suburb of Leeds , in 1836 to a family of industrialists. His father, John Marshall, was a member of the British House of Commons .

Marshall began collecting music early and contributed as a writer to the first edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians .

After Marshall had already written rules for real tennis in 1872, he laid down the modern tennis rules together with Henry Jones and Charles Gilbert Heathcote in the spring of 1877 in preparation for the first tournament at Wimbledon. He also took part in the tournament himself, but lost to Heathcote in the quarterfinals. In 1886 he was head judge of the tournament for one year after the retirement of Henry Jones.

Marshall died in Hampstead, London in 1903 .

Works

  • Handbook of engravers of ornament London 1869
  • The Annals of Tennis. "The Field" Office, London 1878. (online)
  • Lawn tennis, With the laws adopted by the MCC, and AEC & LTC, and Badminton. 1879.
  • Tennis cuts and quips ,: In prose and verse, with rules and wrinkles. 1884.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b H. Gillmeister: Cultural history of tennis. Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7705-2618-X , p. 236 f.
  2. ^ J. Barrett: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. HarperCollins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 0-00-711707-8 , p. 11.
personal data
SURNAME Marshall, Julian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English author, art collector and tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Headingley , England
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1903
Place of death London