# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edmond-hoyle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:25:20.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edmond-hoyle"
name: "Edmond Hoyle"
slug: "edmond-hoyle"
description: "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."
tagline: "British writer and whist authority (1672–1769)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmond_Hoyle.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1672"
deathDate: "1769-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.15
  momentum:             0.6741573033707865
  historical:           12.04788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Едмонд Гойл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
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  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%B4%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A4_%D5%80%D5%B8%D5%B5%D5%AC"
    title: "Էդմոնդ Հոյլ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Hoyle"
    title: "Edmond Hoyle"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1285643"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump