deaths
August 29, 1769
Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (born 1672)
Edmond Hoyle
Edmond Hoyle was an English writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The phrase "according to Hoyle" came into the language as a reflection of his broadly perceived authority on the subject; use of the phrase has since expanded to any appeal to a putative authority.