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Harry Gem
Captain Harry Gem in his Birmingham Rifle Volunteer Corps uniform in 1868
Captain Harry Gem in his Birmingham Rifle Volunteer Corps uniform in 1868
Born(1819-05-21)21 May 1819
Birmingham, England
Died4 November 1881(1881-11-04) (aged 62)
Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
EducationKing's College, London

Major Thomas Henry Gem (21 May 1819 – 4 November 1881),[1] known as Harry Gem, was an English lawyer, soldier, writer and sportsman.

Alongside his friend Augurio Perera, he is credited as a lawn tennis pioneer.[2][3]

  1. ^ Library, Bodleian (2011). The Original Rules of Tennis. The Miegunyah Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-522-85838-9.
  2. ^ Rowley, Andrew, "Gem, Thomas Henry (1819–1881)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 10 July 2007
  3. ^ Tyzack, Anna, The True Home of Tennis Country Life, 22 June 2005

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