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Author

Sam Loyd

Known for: Writing
Born: January 30, 1841
Died: April 10, 1911 · age 70

Samuel Loyd was an American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician. Loyd is widely acknowledged as one of America's great puzzle writers and popularizers, often mentioned as the greatest. -- Wikipedia

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5 bookswrote 1878–191133 years at work

Sam Loyd's Book of Tangram Puzzles

1968

More Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd

1960

Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd

1959

Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of 5,000 Puzzles, Tricks and Conundrums : with Answers

1914

Chess strategy

1878

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