John Brown (bridge)

John Brown (1887–?) 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

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.; Truscott, Alan F., eds. (1964). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. p. 53. LCCN 64023817.

External links

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[BPE-1] 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, 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".

[3] Frey, Richard L.; Truscott, Alan F., eds. (1964). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. p. 53. LCCN 64023817.