Ely Culbertson
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Ely Culbertson (22 July 1891 - 27 December 1955) was an American expert on the card game contract bridge. He was born in Poyana de Vervilao in Romania to an American mining engineer and his local Cossack wife. He attended University of Geneva and also L'École des Sciences Économiques et Politiques in Paris. He founded and edited the Bridge World magazine, and wrote many newspaper articles and books on bridge. Later in his life he gave up cards to work for world peace.
Asked how to say his first name, he told The Literary Digest: "First name pronounced ee'lee." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)
[edit] Publications
- Contract Bridge Blue Book (1930)
- The Strange Lives of One Man (1940)
- The World Federation Plan (1942)
- Total Peace (1943)
- Must We Fight Russia? (1946)
- Culbertson on Canasta: a Complete Guide for Beginners and Advanced Players With the Official Laws of Canasta (1949)
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