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Library: Edinburgh University Library. Register: EUA IN1/ADS/LIB/3/Da.2.9 (1771-1773, Type: Student). Page: 31

Hoyle on Chess

Borrowed: 1771/3/22 (Friday). Loan period: Fortnight. Deposit: 0/3/0.


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Richard Wilson Greathead
Gender: Male.
Historical Alumni Database: https://collections.ed.ac.uk/alumni/record/91488. Dissertation: De Hydrothorace.. Class: Medicine. Academic dates: 1768-1770; MD (Edin), 1771. Other: Royal Medical Society, 1769. Origin: St Kitts.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.


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Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Mr. Hoyle's games of whist, quadrille, piquet, chess, and backgammon, complete.