Inventor William Webb Ellis

William Webb Ellis

Living place: England

Birthday: 24-11-1806

Global rank: #56376

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Who is Inventor William Webb Ellis?
Anglican priest who allegedly invented the sport of rugby. The winner of the Rugby World Cup receives the William Webb Ellis Cup, an award named in Ellis' memory.
One of Ellis' Rugby School classmates, Matthew Bloxam (an amateur historian and archaeologist), claims that Ellis was the originator of the game of rugby.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He was a cricketer while studying at Rugby School in Warwickshire, England. He continued to play the sport at Brasenose College, Oxford.

Family life info

His father died fighting in the Peninsular War of 1811.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Inventor William Webb Ellis?
Like Abner Doubleday, who may have invented baseball, Ellis is a potential founder of a popular sport.

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When was Inventor William Webb Ellis born?
William Webb Ellis was born in 24-11-1806, death year is , at the age of 218.
Where is Inventor William Webb Ellis's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
William Webb Ellis was born in England. is a Inventor, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. William Webb Ellis's global rank is 56376 and whose rank is 24 in list of famous Inventor.
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Events in 1806 and 24-11

Birthday William Webb Ellis (24-11) in history

  • Day 24-11 year 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's Land, later renamed Tasmania.
  • Day 24-11 year 1859: Darwin's Origin of Species was published.
  • Day 24-11 year 1871: The National Rifle Association was incorporated.
  • Day 24-11 year 1963: Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's accused assassin, in the garage of Dallas police headquarters.
  • Day 24-11 year 1971: D. B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines flight with $200,000.
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