Arthur Wilmott
British table tennis player and botanist
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Nationality | England | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1888 Tottenham, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 26 January 1950(1950-01-26) (aged 61–62) London, England | ||||||||||||||
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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
- List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
- List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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