Henry Jones (writer)

Henry Jones ( born November 2, 1831 in London, † February 10, 1899 ) was an English physician and author. He was instrumental in the preparation and organization of the first Wimbledon Championships.

Life

Jones was born in 1831 as the eldest son of Henry Derviche Jones. Like his father, he also suggested a medical career. He attended from 1842 to 1848, King's College and later studied at St Bartholomew 's Hospital. In 1852 he opened his own practice in London.

Jones was an avid card, and in particular Whistspieler, about which he published a book in 1862 under the pseudonym Cavendish. He wrote regularly on board games in the magazine The Field and contributed several articles for the 1890 released ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica in. In 1869 he gave up his practice in order to devote himself entirely to writing.

In the same year he joined the All England Croquet Club. 1875 was the few years before Walter Clopton Wingfield invented lawn tennis was added at his suggestion the club program. In preparation for the first Wimbledon Championships 1877 he developed with Charles Gilbert Heathcote and Julian Marshall, the modern rules of tennis. Subsequently, he served from 1877 to 1885 at the tournament as top referee.

Jones died in 1899 at the age of 67 in London.

Works

• The Laws and Principles of Whist. Thomas De La Rue & Co., London 1868. (Online)
• Whist Developments. Thomas De La Rue & Co., London, 1891. (Online)
• The Laws of Piquet. Thomas De La Rue & Co., London, 1892. (Online)

Swell

• Entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica. Cambridge University Press, 1911. (Online)
• Barrett, J.: Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. Harper Collins Publishers, London 2001, ISBN 978-0007117079, pp. 20 f
• Tingay, L.: One Hundred Years of Wimbledon. Guinness World Records Ltd, London 1977, ISBN 978-0900424717, p 16

• Tennis referee
• Briton
• Born in 1831
• Died in 1899
• Man