Clyde Elton Love (December 12, 1882 – January 31, 1960) was an American
contract bridge author and mathematics professor at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
He was a native of
Bancroft, Michigan
Bancroft is a village in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 545 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Shiawassee Township.
History
Bancroft was platted in 1877 when the railroad was extended to that ...
and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1905.
Love is well known in bridge circles for his 1959 book ''
Bridge Squeezes Complete
''Bridge Squeezes Complete'' is a book on contract bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with ...
'', one of the earliest efforts to codify then-existing squeeze play. Love established rules for recognizing bridge squeezes, and for executing them when they occurred. His system of classifying squeezes has been used by most bridge writers since.
[Love, Clyde E.; edited by Lee, Linda, and Pottage, Julian. (2010) ''Bridge Squeezes Complete''. Toronto, Ontario : Master Point Press. ] He was also the author of many magazine articles.
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He died at his home in ]Ann Arbor
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, aged 77. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
Bibliography
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* Differential and Integral Calculus, 1916-1970
* Analytic Geometry, 1923-1955
* Elements of Analytic Geometry, 1931-1956
* On the Asymptotic Solutions of Linear Differential Equations, 1913-1914
See also
* Squeeze plays in contract bridge
References
External links
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* (including 3 "from old catalog")
1882 births
1960 deaths
20th-century American mathematicians
University of Michigan alumni
University of Michigan faculty
Contract bridge writers
People from Shiawassee County, Michigan
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