John Brown (bridge)

John Brown (born 1887 – deceased) of Grimsby, Yorkshire,[1] was a contract bridge player and author. He was the winner of the National Pairs, Northern Area in 1952[1]. His best-known book is Winning Defense (1952) which was 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

References

  1. ^ a b 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. 
  2. ^ The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia, Published by Paul Hamlyn (London), 1967, page 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, i.e. making a "major contribution to the technical development of the game". In addition in Section D of the Bibliography to the 5th Edition (1994), the OEB cites Winning Defense as "mandatory for a modern technical bridge library".
  3. ^ 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 64-23817.