Edmond Hoyle

Edmond Hoyle
noun
English writer on card games (1672-1769)
Syn: ↑Hoyle
Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑author, ↑card player

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  • Edmond Hoyle — auch Edmund Hoyle (* 1672; † 29. August 1769) war ein britischer Spieleexperte im 18. Jahrhundert. Über das Leben Edmond Hoyles ist nur wenig bekannt; möglicherweise machte er eine Ausbildung zum Rechtsanwalt. Im Jahre 1741 begann Hoyle als Whist …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edmond Hoyle — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Edmond Hoyle Autoridad del juego de naipes inglés, El Padre del Whist …   Wikipedia Español

  • Edmond Hoyle — Infobox Person name=Edmond Hoyle caption=English card game authority, the Father of Whist dead=dead birth date=1672 birth place=England death date=death date|1769|8|29|df=y death place=London, EnglandEdmond Hoyle (1672 August 29, 1769), also… …   Wikipedia

  • Hoyle — is a surname, and may refer to * Alan Hoyle, British basketball player and coach * Arthur Hoyle, Australian historian and biographer * Colin Hoyle, English football player * David Hoyle, British perfomance artist * David W. Hoyle, North Carolina… …   Wikipedia

  • Hoyle — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Arthur Hoyle (* 1929), US amerikanischer Jazz und Studiomusiker (Trompete, Kornett und Flügelhorn) Edmond Hoyle (auch Edmund Hoyle; 1672–1769), britischer Spieleexperte Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), britischer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hoyle — cited as a typical authority on card or board games, in ref. to Edmond Hoyle (1672 1769), author of several works on card playing. The surname, according to Bardsley, represents a Northern English dialectal pronunciation of hole. In Yorks and… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Hoyle — [hoil] n. a book of rules and instructions for indoor games, esp. card games, orig. compiled by Edmond Hoyle (1672 1769), English authority on card games and chess according to Hoyle according to the rules and regulations; in the prescribed, fair …   English World dictionary

  • Edmond — /ed meuhnd/, n. 1. a town in central Oklahoma. 34,637. 2. Also, Edmund. a male given name: from Old English words meaning rich, happy and protection. * * * (as used in expressions) Halley Edmond Hoyle Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Edmond Preston… …   Universalium

  • Edmond — (as used in expressions) Goncourt, Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot de) y Jules (Alfred Huot de) Halley, Edmond Hoyle, Edmond Rostand, Edmond (Eugène) Edmond Preston Biden …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Hoyle — noun (in phr. according to Hoyle) according to plan or the rules. Origin early 20th cent.: from Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769), English writer on card games …   English new terms dictionary

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