Jul-23-25 Biographer Bistro
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| WilhelmThe2nd: <j>
<Deaths...THOMSON.—Dec. 22, at 7, Burlington Buildings, Redland, William Thomson, aged 68.> — The Western Daily Press (Bristol), 1878.12.23, p8. An estate notice to creditors says "...died on or about the 21st day of December, 1878..." (The Bristol ... |
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Jul-23-25 Joseph Brown
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| WilhelmThe2nd: This appears to be <Joseph Brown (1809.04.04-1902.06.09)>: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep... There does not seem to be any mention of his death in contemporary chess sources. However, there is mention of his chess activities in an obituary in <The Solicitors' ... |
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Jul-21-25 Harry Wilson
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| WilhelmThe2nd: A number of newspaper and magazine notices give Wilson's date of death as 1851.01.06, e.g.: https://www.google.com/books/editio... |
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Jul-12-25 S R Dill
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| WilhelmThe2nd: When <Samuel Richard Dill> died in 1878, the <Signature, Qualification, and Residence of Informant> portion of his death registration was filled out 'John Dill in attendance during last illness Lurgan'. This was undoubtedly Samuel's brother John Dill (who, ... |
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Jul-09-25 Isidore Sasias
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| WilhelmThe2nd: There is a portrait of Sasias included in an article by Alphonse Delannoy titled "Gallery of the Chess Masters of the Regence" in <Brentano's Chess Monthly>, v1 n2, June 1881, p60, which can be seen here: https://archive.org/details/brentan... |
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Jul-08-25 Richard Bradford 
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| WilhelmThe2nd: <BIRTHS...On the 20th March, at South Hackney, Mrs. R. W. BRADFORD, of a son.> — The Times (London), 1870.03.22, p1. |
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Jul-08-25 Armand-Jacques Guibert
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| WilhelmThe2nd: Translated from <La Stratégie> (1878.08.15, v11 n8, p245): <Obituary>
<Mr. Guibert>
<One of the best and most likeable chessplayers has just died; Mr. Guibert, who was attending the great International Tournament, was taken ill and died within a few ... |
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Jul-08-25 James Fitch
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| WilhelmThe2nd: The database <New York City, Public School Teacher Retirement List, 1895-1915> gives
James H. A. Fitch's vital dates as:
Birth Date - Feb. 14th, 1843
Death Date - Jan. 28th, 1905 |
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Jul-08-25 von Beer
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| WilhelmThe2nd: Apparently an alternative spelling for <von Beer> is <von Behr>. A good candidate for the Baron von Beer who played Gustav Neumann is <Felix von Behr> from Bandelin in Pomerania who was a member of the Order of Saint John and who had been made a Baron in ... |
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Jun-07-25 Thomas Worrall
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| WilhelmThe2nd: <j> Are there any contemporary sources that claim he was in the British Army? |
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