Henry Eugene Vandervell

Henry Eugene Vandervell (1824-1908) is well-known in skating circles as the “father of English style skating.” He’s remembered for inventing the counter, writing (with T. Maxwell Witham) A System of Figure Skating, and chairing the Ice Figure Committee of the National Skating Association (Hines, 233). But the skating books say little about his personal life. … Continue reading Henry Eugene Vandervell