 Prof H Parker with medals from advertising when he was Swimming instructor at Ilfracombe in 1890s | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1849 (1849) Ilfracombe, Great Britain |
| Died | December 4, 1932(1932-12-04) (aged 82–83) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Henry Parker (c. 1849 – 4 December 1932) was an English swimmer. He won the amateur one-mile championship three consecutive times, from 1870 to 1872. These races were held on the River Thames, from Putney to Hammersmith.
By the 1890s Parker was the lessee of the bathing pools at the Tunnels Beaches at Ilfracombe, where he was billed as an "expert swimmer and instructor" and "one of the foremost professors of ornamental swimming."
Harry's younger sister Emily Parker was also an accomplished swimmer.
Harry and his wife Ellen's son Henry Lloyd Parker was also an accomplished swimmer and escapologist.
References
- ^ "Tunnels Beaches" (PDF). Tunnels Beaches. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- "The American Cyclopedia". 1876.
- Wilson, William (1883). "The Swimming Instructor: A Treatise on the Arts of Swimming and Diving".
- (20 September 1875). A Lady's Seven Miles' Swim, The New York Times
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