Paul Stern

Paul Stern
Born4 April 1892
Austria-Hungary
Died12 June 1948(1948-06-12) (aged 56)
Hampstead, London, England
Occupation(s)Bridge player, lawyer
Known forFounder of the Austrian Bridge Federation

Paul Stern (4 April 1892 – 12 June 1948) was an Austrian international bridge player and lawyer, who fled to London in 1938. He was a bidding theorist and administrator who contributed to the early growth of the game. He founded the Austrian Bridge Federation in 1929, and was its first president.[1]

According to his obituary in the Contract Bridge Journal:[2]

Paul Stern - whose "Dr." was a so inseparable part of his name that he signed the most casual post-card with the prefix - was, both in his early life and in his exile, an unforgettable figure. He was tall, burly, irascible, with a voice so rough, a temperament so volatile that half the people who saw him called him a dictator; but with a charm so great, a sweetness so unexpected that even those he castigated seldom bore malice for long.

  1. ^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 20. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
  2. ^ "In Remembrance of DR. PAUL STERN", Contract Bridge Journal, June 1948, p26 Retrieved 12 Jan 2016