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William Penny Brookes and his Olympian Games
… investigates the life of Victorian doctor, William Penny Brookes, the genesis of his Olympian Games, and their significance in sporting history. In 1850, Brookes set up Wenlock Olympian Class, later Society, the first formally constituted athletics club outside educational and military …