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3 unusual facts about Mary Ewing Outerbridge


Mary Ewing Outerbridge

Her siblings include: Albert Albany Outerbridge; Joseph Outerbridge; August Emelio Outerbridge (1846–January 14, 1921); Harriett Harvey Outerbridge; Alexander Ewing Outerbridge II; Laura Catharine Outerbridge; Adolph John Harvey Outerbridge (1858–May 29, 1928) and Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, who was the first president of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The modern game of lawn tennis was commercialized in 1874 in England by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield of the British Army.

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Mary Ewing Outerbridge (1852–1886), who imported the game of tennis into the U.S.



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