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Spencer Gore

British tennis player (1850–1906)

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Born
March 10, 1850
Died
April 19, 1906
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1850

About Spencer Gore

Spencer William Gore was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875). Spencer William Gore (10 March 1850 – 19 April 1906) was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875). His two brothers were the theologian Charles Gore, the first Bishop of Birmingham, and Sir Francis Charles Gore, Solicitor to the Board of Inland Revenue. Gore made his first-class cricket debut for Surrey against Middlesex in 1874 hitting 17 runs off the first four balls he received in his first match.

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Spencer Gore timeline

  1. Spencer William Gore (10 March 1850 – 19 April 1906) was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875).
  2. Gore made his first-class cricket debut for Surrey against Middlesex in 1874 hitting 17 runs off the first four balls he received in his first match.

The world when Spencer Gore was born

Spencer Gore was born in 1850. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1850

  • Best-selling bookThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCompromise of 1850 on slavery
  • Technology milestoneFirst submarine telegraph cable (English Channel)
  • World population~1.3B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderZachary Taylor / Millard Fillmore
  • U.S. population23.2M

1850 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Spencer Gore's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18502026
Population23.2M341 million

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