See also:

• HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)

HOYLE, See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)  , the first systematizer of the See also:

• LAWS

laws of See also:

• WHIST

whist, and author of a See also:

• BOOK

book on See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1672 . His parentage and See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

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

birth are unknown, and few details of his See also:

• LIFE

life are recorded . For some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was See also:

• RESIDENT

resident in See also:

• LONDON

London, and partially supported himself by giving instruction in the See also:

• GAME

game of whist . For the use of his pupils he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise on the game, which after circulating for some time in See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript was printed by him and entered at Stationers' See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1742 . The laws of See also:

• HOYLE, EDMUND, or EDMOND (1672-1769)

Hoyle continued to be regarded as authoritative until 1864, since which time they have been gradually superseded by the new rules adopted by the See also:

• ARLINGTON
• ARLINGTON, HENRY BENNET, EARL OF (1618-1685)

Arlington and See also:

• PORTLAND
• PORTLAND, EARL OF
• PORTLAND, ISLE OF
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
• PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH BENTINCK

Portland clubs in that See also:

• YEAR

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 See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . The See also:

• WEIGHT

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 See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• PROVERB (Lat. proverbium, from pro, forth, publicly, verbum, word; the Greek equivalent is irapolµia, from 7rapa, alongside, and oiµos, way, road, i.e. a wayside saying; Ger. Sprichwort)

proverb . Hoyle died in London on the 29th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1769 .