Mathematician:Henry Ernest Dudeney

Mathematician
English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games.

Considered one of Britain's foremost creators of mathematical puzzles.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 10 April 1857 in Mayfield, Sussex, England
 * Died: 24 April 1930 in Lewes, Sussex, England

Theorems and Definitions

 * Dudeney's Property of 2592

Puzzles

 * 100 using Digits from 1 to 9

Publications

 * 1907: The Canterbury Puzzles
 * 1917: Amusements in Mathematics
 * 1925: The World's Best Word Puzzles
 * 1926: Modern Puzzles
 * 1931: Puzzles and Curious Problems (posthumous)


 * A Puzzle-Mine (undated, posthumous)

Notable Quotes

 * The fact is that our lives are largely spent in solving puzzles; for what is a puzzle but a perplexing question? And from our childhood upwards we are perpetually asking questions or trying to answer them.

Also known as
Henry Ernest Dudeney is more commonly referred to as Harry Dudeney.