Mathematician:Samuel Loyd
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Mathematician
American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician.
Nationality
American
History
- Born: 31 January 1841 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA
- Died: 10 April 1911 in New York, USA
Note that there are discrepancies online as to whether his birthday is $30$ or $31$ January.
$\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$ follows MacTutor in this.
Creations
Results named for Samuel Loyd can be found here.
Publications
- Sam Loyd's Book of Tangram Puzzles
- The 8th Book of Tan
- Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles, Tricks and Conundrums with Answers