James Mortimer (author)
James Mortimer may refer to: * James Mortimer (chess player) (1833–1911), American/British chess player, journalist, and playwright * James Mortimer (dogshow judge) (1842–1915), British dogshow judge * Jim Mortimer (1921–2013), British trade unionist and General Secretary of the Labour Party * William James Mortimer (died 2010), publisher, president and editor of the ''Deseret News'' * James Mortimer (hurdler) (born 1983), New Zealand hurdler * The Hound of the Baskervilles#Plot, James Mortimer, a character in ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' {{hndis, Mortimer, James ...
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James Mortimer (chess Player)
James Henry Gerard Mortimer (22 April 1832 – 24 February 1911) was an American-born British chess player, journalist, and playwright. Life Born in Richmond, Virginia, Mortimer graduated from the University of Virginia. As an attaché in the U.S. Diplomatic Service he was stationed in Paris from 1855 to 1860. Emperor Napoleon III awarded him the Cross of the Legion of Honor for his work. When American chess champion Paul Morphy traveled to Paris in 1858, Mortimer met him and they became friends. Mortimer was one of the few who witnessed the famous 1858 Morphy match with Adolf Anderssen.New York Times of Jan 11, 1859: The greatest excitement prevailed, and an arrangement was made by which the game was kept on three boards at the Café de la Régence (only a few blocks distant), a domestic carrying the moves every half hour. Thus the large crowd collected at the Café were enabled to follow the progress of the game. The game was commenced in the presence of Messrs. Lequesne, o ...
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