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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1888 Tottenham | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 January 1950 (aged 61–62) London | ||||||||||||||
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Arthur "Willie" James Wilmott (1888–1950) was an English international table tennis player and botanist.[1]
Table tennis career
He won a bronze medal at the 1939 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Ken Hyde, Hyman Lurie, Ken Stanley and Ernest Bubley.[2]
A national league competition 'The Wilmott Cup'was named after him.
Botany
He was the Deputy Keeper of Botany (Natural History) at the British Museum.[3]
He worked at the British Museum from 1911 being promoted to Deputy Keeper in 1931 and specialized in the taxonomy of British flora. He wrote articles for the Journal of Botany.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ↑ "A tribute by Ivor Montagu" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
- ↑ "Obituary". Times Digital Archives.
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