Henry Hosmer

Henry Hosmer
Full nameHenry Hosmer
Country United States
Born(1837-04-07)April 7, 1837
Concord, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 1, 1892(1892-01-01) (aged 54)
Chicago, Illinois
TitleMaster
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Henry Hosmer (April 7, 1837 – January 1, 1892)[1] was a nineteenth-century American chess master. He is known to have played in only two significant chess tournaments: the Second and Third American Chess Congresses in 1871 and 1874.

  1. ^ Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 180. ISBN 0-7864-2353-6.