About Frederick Dorville Jackson
Lived 1859 – 1878 (aged 18). Frederick Dorville Jackson was a tennis player.
Frederick Dorville Jackson (6 June 1859 – 15 March 1878) was an English coffee planter and tennis player who competed at the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877.
Biography Jackson was born on 6 June 1859 in Bentley, Hampshire, England. he was the son of the Reverend C. Jackson of Bentley, Farnham, Hants. He attended the English public school Marlborough College in Marlborough, Wiltshire. In 1876, he represented Marlborough College at the Annual Public Schools Rackets Championship, which was held at the original Prince's Club in Hans Place, London. He died from complications due to meningitis in Mercara, Mysore, India on 15 March 1878 aged 18.
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English coffee planter and tennis player
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Frederick Dorville Jackson was born on 6 June 1859.
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Frederick Dorville Jackson died on 15 March 1878.
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Frederick Dorville Jackson was a tennis player.
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