11 Facts About Henry Dudeney

Henry Ernest Dudeney was an English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games.

Henry Dudeney is known as one of the foremost creators of mathematical puzzles.

Henry Dudeney learned to play chess at an early age, and continued to play frequently throughout his life.

Henry Dudeney later contributed puzzles under his real name to publications such as The Weekly Dispatch, The Queen, Blighty, and Cassell's Magazine.

Henry Dudeney continued to exchange puzzles with fellow recreational mathematician Sam Loyd for a while, but broke off the correspondence and accused Loyd of stealing his puzzles and publishing them under his own name.

Henry Dudeney has been credited with discovering new applications of digital roots.

Henry Dudeney was a leading exponent of verbal arithmetic puzzles; his were always alphametic, where the letters constitute meaningful phrases or associated words.

Omission of detailed puzzle rules in the cited farm journal suggests they were already popular in America by 1864, when Henry Dudeney was 7 years old.

Henry Dudeney later became a very well known writer who published many novels as well as a number of short stories in Harper's Magazine under the name "Mrs Henry Dudeney".

Henry Dudeney married Christopher Fulleylove, son of John Fulleylove and one of an esteemed family of English artists.

Alice Henry Dudeney survived him by fourteen years and died on 21 November 1945, after a stroke.