Edmond Hoyle

Edmond Hoyle

male, deceased (1769)
Edmond Hoyle (1672 - August 29, 1769), also known as Edmund Hoyle, is a writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The...
Oswald Jacoby

Oswald Jacoby

male, deceased (1984)
Oswald Jacoby (December 8, 1902 - June 27, 1984) was an American bridge expert and author, and is considered one of the greatest players of all...
R. F. Foster

R. F. Foster

male, deceased (1945)
"Richard Frederick Foster" (1853 - 1945) was a disseminator of the rules of many card games, including auction bridge and other bridge variations,...
Milton Work

Milton Work

male, deceased (1934)
Milton Cooper Work (1864-1934) was a noted American authority on whist, auction and contract bridge. In his writings he suggested evaluating...

James Clay

male
James Clay was an English author who wrote about the game of whist in the middle of the 19th century. His son was the musical composer Frederic Clay.
Frederic Clay

Frederic Clay

male, deceased (1889)
Frederic Emes Clay (August 3 1838-November 24 1889) was an English composer known principally for his music written for the stage. He was born in...
Franz-Paul Decker

Franz-Paul Decker

male, 86 years old
Franz-Paul Decker is a German-Canadian conductor. Decker studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne with Philip Jarnach and Eugen Papst. He m...

Henry Fitzgerald-De Ros 22nd Baron de Ros

male, deceased (1839)
Henry William FitzGerald-de Ros, 22nd Baron de Ros (12 June 1793 - 28 March 1839) was a British nobleman, the son of Lord Henry FitzGerald and his...