Resultado de búsqueda
William Penny Brookes (13 August 1809 – 11 December 1895) was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for founding the Wenlock Olympian Games, inspiring the modern Olympic Games, and for his promotion of physical education and personal betterment.
William Penny Brookes, who had written some articles on education that attracted the Frenchman’s attention. Brookes also had tried for decades to revive the ancient Olympic Games, getting the idea from a series of modern Greek Olympiads held in Athens starting in 1859. The Greek… Read More
Dr. William Penny Brookes, fundador de los Juegos Olímpicos de Wenlock. Los Juegos Olímpicos de Wenlock (en inglés: Wenlock Olympian Games) empezaron en 1850 y marcan uno de los primeros intentos de resucitar los antiguos juegos olímpicos.
25 de jul. de 2021 · Pero fue en este pintoresco poblado de las Tierras Medias de Inglaterra que en el siglo XIX un médico local, llamado William Penny Brookes, reavivó la llama olímpica.
William Penny Brookes was the founder of the Much Wenlock Olympian Games, an early influence on the thinking of Pierre de Coubertin towards the revival of the Olympics.
31 de ene. de 2006 · Father of the modern Olympics. by Ben Jeffrey, BBC News Online. Dr William Penny Brookes devoted his life to improving life for people in his home town of Much Wenlock. But it was his...
The William Penny Brookes Story. In 1809 William Penny Brookes was born in the town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire. Brookes believed that sport and physical activity not only improved the health of young people but that it could also be used to unite and inspire communities.
