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    Major Thomas Henry Gem (21 May 1819 – 4 November 1881), known as Harry Gem, was an English lawyer, soldier, writer and sportsman. Alongside his friend...
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    tennis, most football codes, lawn bowls and others. Between 1859 and 1865, Harry Gem, a solicitor, and his friend Augurio Perera developed a game that combined...
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    merchant and sportsman based in England, credited alongside his friend Harry Gem as a lawn tennis pioneer. Perera was born in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain...
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    Wingfield had written to Harry Gem, commenting that he had been experimenting with his version of lawn tennis for a year and a half. Gem himself had largely...
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    developed by Harry Gem and his friend Augurio Perera at the latter's home in Ampton Road, Edgbaston as early as 1859, but although Gem was a member of...
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  • later cut into 29 stones under Harry's direction. Harry Winston, Inc. Dominion Diamond Corporation "Gem merchant Harry Winston is dead at 82". Boston...
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  • up gem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A gem, or gemstone, is a cut rock or mineral. Gem or GEM may also refer to: Gem Reeves, in Neighbours Gem, in...
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    Britain through the pioneering efforts of Walter Clopton Wingfield and Harry Gem, often using Victorian lawns laid out for croquet. Wingfield marketed...
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    common gemstone, rendering it more accessible for purchase, compared to other gems in the beryl family. Overall, its value is determined by weight, color, cut...
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    the oldest tennis club in the world, where tennis was invented by Major Harry Gem and the Spaniard Augurio Perera.[citation needed] Team Dynamics at Pershore...
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    playing lawn tennis since as early as 1859, including J.B. Perera and Harry Gem. Wingfield did obtain a patent on his proposed peculiarly-shaped "hourglass"...
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    in Victorian England experimented with a lawn version of tennis. Major Harry Gem and Augurio Perera demonstrated their game of Pelota (Spanish for ball)...
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    Harry Edward Kane (born 28 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the...
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    Wingfield the only exponent. At the same time, and in fact a little earlier, Harry Gem and Augurio Perera were demonstrating their game of Pelota in Leamington...
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    films, mainly horror. Screen Gems is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). When producer Pat Sullivan came to Harry Warner to sign a contract...
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  • Edgar – GT4 British racing driver Ayoola Erinle – England rugby player Harry Gem – inventor of lawn tennis Dame Katherine Grainger – Olympic gold medal-winning...
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  • predecessors, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Gems and Minerals and Morgan Memorial Hall of Gems. The halls feature thousands of rare gems, mineral specimens...
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  • Glentoran (1935–), a former British bobsledder and Northern Irish politician Harry Gem (1819–1881), an English lawyer, soldier, writer, and sportsman Thomas...
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    season". The modern game of tennis was developed between 1859 and 1865 by Harry Gem and his friend Augurio Perera at Perera's house in Edgbaston, with the...
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    played lawn tennis since 1872, and where the inventor of the game Major Harry Gem, who had first played lawn tennis only five minutes' walk from Edgbaston...
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    Switzer is credited with persuading jeweler Harry Winston to donate the Hope Diamond for a proposed national gem collection to be housed at the National Museum...
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  • 1867: Coconut shy in Kingston, Surrey. 1859–1865: Lawn tennis invented by Harry Gem (1819–1881) and Augurio Perera, a Spanish-born merchant and sportsman...
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  • first ever game of lawn tennis was played in Edgbaston in 1859 by Major Harry Gem and Augurio Perera, both residents of the city. Tennis is not nowadays...
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    during major wars. Events The first game of lawn tennis is played by Major Harry Gem and his friend Augurio Perera, using a croquet lawn at 8 Ampton Road in...
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  • Gem Diamonds is a British-based global diamond mining business. It is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 2017, the...
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  • medal-winning rower (KCL) Simon Dennis – Olympic gold medallist, rowing (ICL) Harry Gem – inventor of lawn tennis (KCL) Hugh Lindsay – English amateur footballer...
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    the Bahamas Alan Ganoo, Speaker of the National Assembly of Mauritius Harry Gem, inventor of the lawn tennis Colleen Graffy, US Deputy Assistant Secretary...
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    origin, is a 733-carat (146.6 g) black sapphire, and was the world's largest gem quality star sapphire until The Star of Adam was discovered. The Black Star...
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  • of Bennet Woodcroft forms the basis of the Patent Office Library. 1879: Harry Lucas designs a hub lamp for use in a high bicycle and names the oil lamp...
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  • the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, alongside TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Classics, and 3000 Pictures. Columbia's most commercially...
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