Samuel Loyd was an American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician. Loyd is widely acknowledged as one of America's great puzzle writers and popularizers, often mentioned as the greatest. -- Wikipedia
Sam Loyd
×Close
American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician (1841–1911)
| Born | 30 January 1841 |
| Died | 10 April 1911 |
13 works Add another?
Most Editions
Most Editions
First Published
Most Recent
Top Rated
Reading Log
Trending
Random
Sam Loyd
×Close
American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician (1841–1911)
| Born | 30 January 1841 |
| Died | 10 April 1911 |
Subjects
Puzzles, Mathematical recreations, Chess problems, Dammen, Denkspiel, Games / Puzzles, Matemàtica, Matemàtica recreativa, Mathematics, Mathematics textbooks, Problemes, exercicis, Puzzles & quizzes, Recreation, Recreations & Games, Riddles, Tangram (chinese puzzle), Tangrams, Textbooks, Trencaclosques, UnterhaltungsmathematikID Numbers
- OLID: OL2121711A
- ISNI: 0000000110247777
- VIAF: 35251516
- Wikidata: Q337325
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q337325
Links outside Open Library
No links yet. Add one?
Alternative names
- Sam Loyd
- Samuel Loyd
- Loyd, Samuel
| December 2, 2022 | Edited by Stew | Reorder name. |
| December 2, 2022 | Edited by tmanarl | dob |
| December 2, 2022 | Edited by tmanarl | merge authors |
| June 6, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Removed period from death date |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |