Edmund Hoyle

About Edmund Hoyle

[Wikidata] British writer and whist authority (1672–1769)... | [Wikipedia] Edmond Hoyle was an English writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The phrase "according to Hoyle" came into the language as a reflection of his broadly perceived authority on the subject; use of the phrase has since expanded to any appeal to a putative authority.