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 Defence (1952) which has been regarded as making a "major contribution to the technical development of the game".[2][3] He was a contributor to many periodicals.[4]

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 Defence. 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.

Notes
  1. Frey (1967), p.49.
  2. Frey (1967) p.669.
  3. The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB), 6th edition, in its Bibliography, Section M, gives it the evaluative rating: making a "major contribution to the technical development of the game". The OEB 5th edition (1994), Bibliography Section D cites Winning Defence as "mandatory for a modern technical bridge library".
  4. Frey (1964), p.53.

References

Frey, Richard L.; Truscott, Alan F.; Cohen, Ben; Barrow, Rhoda, International Edition Editor, eds. (1967). The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia. London: Paul Hamlyn. OCLC 560654187.
Frey, Richard L.; Truscott, Alan F., eds. (1964). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. LCCN 64023817.
Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (2001). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (6th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. ISBN 0-943855-44-6. OCLC 49606900.



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