Henry Jones

English whist player
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Also known as: Cavendish
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Byname:
Cavendish
Born:
Nov. 2, 1831, London, Eng.
Died:
Feb. 10, 1899, London (aged 67)
Subjects Of Study:
game
whist

Henry Jones (born Nov. 2, 1831, London, Eng.—died Feb. 10, 1899, London) was an English surgeon, the standard authority on whist in his day, who also wrote on other games. Jones was educated at King’s College School (1842–48) and studied at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. He practiced as a surgeon from 1852 to 1869. Jones learned whist from his father, who was an avid player at London’s Portland Club and coauthor of The Laws of Short Whist. The younger Jones’s importance lay in his ability to codify and comment upon the rules. He published Principles of Whist (1862; later titled Laws ...(100 of 197 words)