About J. Bertram Read
Lived 1870 – 1929 (aged 58). J. Bertram Read was an American tennis player and businessperson.
John Bertram Read (December 10, 1870 – April 22, 1929) was an American tennis player and businessman.
Early life and education J. Bertram Read was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 10, 1870.
Read studied at Cambridge Latin School and Harvard College, graduating from the latter in 1895. While studying at Harvard, he won the 1893 Senter House Cup.
Tennis career In March 1894, he was elected secretary of the Harvard Lawn Tennis Association.
Read reached the semifinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1894.
Business career
In 1914, Read took over the family business of William Read & Sons, a Massachusetts-based gun and sporting goods store originally founded as Lane & Read in 1826. Read sold the business in 1920 and was later connected with the company Blyth & Co.
Read and his wife had two sons (John Jr. and Richard W.) and one daughter (Eleanor Goodwin). He died in Cambridge on April 22, 1929, at the age of 58 following months of illness.
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American tennis player (1870–1929)
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J. Bertram Read was born on 10 December 1870 in Cambridge.
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J. Bertram Read died on 22 April 1929 in Cambridge.
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J. Bertram Read was a tennis player and businessperson.
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