John Brown (bridge)
John Brown (born 1887; deceased) of Grimsby, Lincolnshire,[1] was an English contract bridge player and writer. He was the winner of the National Pairs, Northern Area in 1952.[1] His best-known book is Winning Defense (1952) which has been regarded as making a "major contribution to the technical development of the game".[2] He was a contributor to many periodicals.[3]
Brown was the head ("County Captain") of the Lincolnshire Contract Bridge Association for several years starting in 1947.
Publications
- Brown, John (1947). Winning Tricks. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. 300 pages. Various reprints to 1955.
- Brown, John (1952). Winning Defense. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. 343 pages. Various reprints to 1960.
- Brown, John (1961). Bidding Craft. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. 133 pages.
- Brown, John (1965). Bridge With Dora. London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd. 172 pages.
References
- 1 2 Frey, Richard L., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Cohen, Ben, International Edition Editor; Barrow, Rhoda, International Edition Editor (1967). The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia. London: Paul Hamlyn. p. 49. OCLC 560654187.
- ↑ The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia, p. 669.
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB), 6th edition, published by the ACBL, 2001, in its Bibliography, Section M, gives it the same evaluative rating: making a "major contribution to the technical development of the game". OEB, 5th ed. (1994), Bibliography, Section D cites Winning Defense as "mandatory for a modern technical bridge library". - ↑ Frey, Richard L., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor (1964). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. p. 53. LCCN 64023817.
External links
- John Brown at Library of Congress Authorities, with 0 catalogue records (?)
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