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Henry Dudeney
Dudeney c. 1910
Born
Henry Ernest Dudeney

(1857-04-10)10 April 1857
Mayfield, East Sussex, England
Died24 April 1930(1930-04-24) (aged 73)
Lewes, Sussex, England
NationalityEnglish
Known forPuzzles, mathematical games

Henry Ernest Dudeney (10 April 1857 – 23 April 1930) was an English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the country's foremost creators of mathematical puzzles.[1]

  1. ^ Newing, Angela (1994), "Henry Ernest Dudeney: Britain's Greatest Puzzlist", in Guy, Richard K.; Woodrow, Robert E. (eds.), The Lighter Side of Mathematics: Proceedings of the Eugène Strens Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics and Its History, Cambridge University Press, pp. 294–301, ISBN 9780883855164.

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