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HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 841 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)  , the first systematizer of the
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laws of
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whist, and author of a
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book on games, was born in 1672 . His parentage and place of birth are unknown, and few details of his
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life are recorded . For some time he was
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resident in
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London, and partially supported himself by giving instruction in the
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game of whist . For the use of his pupils he drew up a Short
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Treatise on the game, which after circulating for some time in
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manuscript was printed by him and entered at Stationers' Hall in November 1742 . The laws of Hoyle continued to be regarded as authoritative until 1864, since which time they have been gradually superseded by the new rules adopted by the Arlington and Portland clubs in that
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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
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editions . The
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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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