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'''Robert Dover''' (1575–1641) was an [[England|English]] soldier and attorney, known as the founder and for many years the director of the [[Cotswold Olimpick Games]], which he originated as a protest against the growing [[Puritan|Puritanism]] of the day. |
'''Robert Dover''' (1575–1641) was an [[England|English]] soldier and attorney, known as the founder and for many years the director of the [[Cotswold Olimpick Games]], which he originated as a protest against the growing [[Puritan|Puritanism]] of the day. |
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Dover was a scholar at the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1595 and later became a lawyer.<ref name=galligan>{{cite book | title=Advanced PE for Edexcel | first=Frank | last=Galligan | publisher=Heinemann | year=2000 | isbn=0435506439 | page=59 }}</ref> |
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There is a monument to Robert Dover at Dover's Hill, near [[Aston-sub-Edge]]. |
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The Cotswold Olimpicks, which were referred to by contemporary writers as "Mr Robert Dovers {{sic}} [[Olimpick Games]] upon the Cotswold Hills, consisted of cudgel playing, wrestling, running at the [[quintain]], jumping, casting the bar and hammer, hand-ball, gymnastics, rural dances and games and horse-racing, the winners in which received valuable prizes". The first Games was probably held in 1612, but they were interrupted by the outbreak of the [[English Civil War]] in 1642.<ref name=galligan/><ref>{{Harvnb|Haddon|2004|p=152}}</ref> Revived after the [[The_Restoration|Restoration]], the Games continued until 1852, but were again revived in 1965. |
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Revision as of 18:58, 30 June 2010
Robert Dover (1575–1641) was an English soldier and attorney, known as the founder and for many years the director of the Cotswold Olimpick Games, which he originated as a protest against the growing Puritanism of the day.
Dover was a scholar at the University of Cambridge in 1595 and later became a lawyer.[1]
The Cotswold Olimpicks, which were referred to by contemporary writers as "Mr Robert Dovers [sic] Olimpick Games upon the Cotswold Hills, consisted of cudgel playing, wrestling, running at the quintain, jumping, casting the bar and hammer, hand-ball, gymnastics, rural dances and games and horse-racing, the winners in which received valuable prizes". The first Games was probably held in 1612, but they were interrupted by the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642.[1][2] Revived after the Restoration, the Games continued until 1852, but were again revived in 1965.
There is a monument to Robert Dover at Dover's Hill, near Aston-sub-Edge.[3]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Galligan, Frank (2000). Advanced PE for Edexcel. Heinemann. p. 59. ISBN 0435506439.
- ^ Haddon 2004, p. 152
- ^ Verey, David (1979). "Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds". In Pevsner, Nikolaus (ed.). The Buildings of England (2 ed.). p. 92. ISBN 0-14-071040-X.
- Bibliography
- Haddon, Celia (2004), The First Ever English Olimpick Games, Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN 0-340-86274-2
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
