Mathematician:Samuel Loyd

Mathematician

American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: 31 January 1841 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , USA
• Died: 10 April 1911 in New York, USA

Note that there are discrepancies online as to whether his birthday is $30$ or $31$ January.

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Creations

• Sam Loyd's Missing Square
• Sam Loyd's Fifteen Puzzle

Results named for Samuel Loyd can be found here.

Publications

• Sam Loyd's Book of Tangram Puzzles
• The 8th Book of Tan
• Sam Loyd's Cyclopedia of 5000 Puzzles, Tricks and Conundrums with Answers

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Samuel Loyd": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive