Perera's house in Edgbaston, Birmingham, where he and Harry Gem invented the modern game of lawn tennis
Juan Bautista Luis Augurio Perera Orfila (c.1822 – 1905), known as Augurio Perera, was a Spanish-born merchant and sportsman based in England, credited alongside his friend Harry Gem as a lawn tennis pioneer.[1][2]
^Rowley, Andrew, "Gem, Thomas Henry (1819–1881)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 10 July 2007
^Tyzack, Anna, The True Home of Tennis Country Life, 22 June 2005
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Surrey. 1859–1865: Lawn tennis invented by Harry Gem (1819–1881) and AugurioPerera, a Spanish-born merchant and sportsman based in England. 1874–1875:...
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first game of lawn tennis is played by Major Harry Gem and his friend AugurioPerera, using a croquet lawn at 8 Ampton Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The...
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