# Robert Abbott

> Robert Abbott was an American game inventor, sometimes referred to by fans as "The Official Grand Old Man of Card Games". Though early in his life he worked as a computer programmer with the IBM 360 assembly language, he began designing games in the 1950s.

*Game inventor*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/robert-abbott

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1933-03-02
- **Died:** 2018-02-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395496)

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