Wingate was an American soldier, lawyer, philanthropist and promoter of marksmanship. During the Civil War he served in a New York regiment, and later supervised the construction of elevated railways in Brooklyn. In 1867 Wingate drew up rules for systematic rifle practice by Company A, 22d regiment, New York National Guard, of which he was then captain. The publication of these rules (the first of the kind to be formulated in the United States) led to the organization (in 1871) of the National Rifle Association of America, of which he was first secretary and later president for 25 years. Besides special articles on military subjects he published:
--Manual for Rifle Practice (1872; seventh edition, 1880)
--The Great Cholera Riots (1880)
--Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback (1886)
--History of the 22d Regiment, N. G. N. Y. (1896)
He was also among the founders in 1903 of the Public School Athletic League, which continues to organize high school athletics today.
Funeral services were held at St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn on March 24, 1928.
The Wingate neighborhood of Brooklyn is named in his honor.
--Manual for Rifle Practice (1872; seventh edition, 1880)
--The Great Cholera Riots (1880)
--Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback (1886)
--History of the 22d Regiment, N. G. N. Y. (1896)
He was also among the founders in 1903 of the Public School Athletic League, which continues to organize high school athletics today.
Funeral services were held at St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn on March 24, 1928.
The Wingate neighborhood of Brooklyn is named in his honor.
Wingate was an American soldier, lawyer, philanthropist and promoter of marksmanship. During the Civil War he served in a New York regiment, and later supervised the construction of elevated railways in Brooklyn. In 1867 Wingate drew up rules for systematic rifle practice by Company A, 22d regiment, New York National Guard, of which he was then captain. The publication of these rules (the first of the kind to be formulated in the United States) led to the organization (in 1871) of the National Rifle Association of America, of which he was first secretary and later president for 25 years. Besides special articles on military subjects he published:
--Manual for Rifle Practice (1872; seventh edition, 1880)
--The Great Cholera Riots (1880)
--Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback (1886)
--History of the 22d Regiment, N. G. N. Y. (1896)
He was also among the founders in 1903 of the Public School Athletic League, which continues to organize high school athletics today.
Funeral services were held at St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn on March 24, 1928.
The Wingate neighborhood of Brooklyn is named in his honor.
--Manual for Rifle Practice (1872; seventh edition, 1880)
--The Great Cholera Riots (1880)
--Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback (1886)
--History of the 22d Regiment, N. G. N. Y. (1896)
He was also among the founders in 1903 of the Public School Athletic League, which continues to organize high school athletics today.
Funeral services were held at St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church in Brooklyn on March 24, 1928.
The Wingate neighborhood of Brooklyn is named in his honor.
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