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Robert Abbott

Game inventor · United States · On the map · Writers · Lived 1933 to 2018 · aged 84

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.

Robert Abbott is read about 11 times a day, in 7 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 18 August 2026

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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2018 · aged 84