HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)

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HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769) , the first systematizer of the

laws

LAWS

whist

WHIST

, and author of a book on games, was born in 1672. His parentage and place of

birth

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

are unknown, and few details of his life are recorded. For some time he was

resident

RESIDENT

in London, and partially supported himself by giving instruction in the game of

whist

WHIST

. For the use of his pupils he drew up a Short Treatise on the game, which after circulating for some time in manuscript was printed by him and entered at Stationers'

Hall

in November 1742. The

laws

LAWS

of Hoyle continued to be regarded as authoritative until 1864, since which time they have been gradually superseded by the new rules adopted by the Arlington and

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clubs in that year (see WHIST). He also published rules for various other games, and his book on games, which includes the Short Treatise, has passed into many editions. The weight of his authority is indicated by the phrase " according to Hoyle," which, doubtless first applied with reference to whist, has gained currency as a general proverb. Hoyle died in London on the 29th of August 1769.

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