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Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769)
Hoyle, Edmond. An English writer on games; born in England, 1672; died in London, Aug. 29, 1769. He was the first to write scientifically on whist, or on any card game. Author of ‘A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist’ (1742), of which innumerable editions have been issued. He wrote treatises on chess, backgammon, piquet, and many other games.