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Walter Crawley

British tennis player and entomologist (1880-1940)
Person Human Q15996903

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
March 29, 1880
Date of death
October 11, 1940
Place of birth
North Yorkshire, Masham[7]
Place of death
Graffham
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
tennis player, entomologist
Field of work
entomology, myrmecology, tennis[9][10][11]
Educated at
St John's School, Leatherhead[12]
Sibling
Ernest Crawley[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Author citation (zoology)
Crawley[18]
Country for sport
United Kingdom[21]
Family name
Crawley[15]
Given name
Walter, Cecil[16][17]
Participant in
1908 Summer Olympics[19]
Sport
tennis[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Crawley en Walter Cecil Crawley en Walter Crawley en W. C. Crawley cs Walter Cecil Crawley es W. C. Crawley nl Walter Crawley nl W. C. Crawley ru Уолтер Кроли ru Уолтер Сесил Кроли ru У.С. Кроли
🔖 Identifiers · 17
ISNI
0000000451000131
VIAF cluster ID
316738203
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
W.C. Crawley.jpg ↗
Association of Tennis Professionals player ID
CK40
BHL creator ID
51670
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16775378m
Davis Cup player ID until 2025 (archived)
800168982
Freebase ID
/m/0_gxrw1
International Tennis Federation player ID before 2020 (archived)
10003309
NL CR AUT ID
mzk20231198022
Olympedia people ID
86
Olympics.com athlete ID
walter-cecil-crawley
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Prabook ID
1778495
Sports-Reference.com Olympic athlete ID (archived)
cr/walter-crawley-1
Tennis Archives player ID
1180
UK National Archives ID
F46304
World Tennis player ID
walter-crawley/800168982/gbr

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 3
tennis, entomology, myrmecology
Occupation 2
entomologist, tennis player
Place of birth 2
North Yorkshire, Masham
Country for sport 1
United Kingdom
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Given name 1
Walter
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Participant in 1
1908 Summer Olympics
Place of death 1
Graffham
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
tennis
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Summary

Walter Crawley was born on March 29, 1880[1], in North Yorkshire[2]. He died on October 11, 1940[3], in Graffham[4]. He worked as a tennis player[5] and entomologist[6].

FAQs

Where was Walter Crawley born?

Walter Crawley was born in North Yorkshire[2].

Where did Walter Crawley die?

Walter Crawley passed away in Graffham[4].

What did Walter Crawley do for work?

Walter Crawley worked as a tennis player[5] and entomologist[6].

Where did Walter Crawley go to school?

Walter Crawley was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead[12].

Related Entities

entomology United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . churchofstandrewoddington.org. churchofstandrewoddington.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Association of Tennis Professionals website. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Ambrosia10 · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → 1908 Summer Olympics
    Family name → Crawley
    Educated at → St John's School, Leatherhead
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: BHL creator ID: 51670"
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