Samuel Factor

For the Canadian MP, see Samuel Factor (Canadian politician).
Samuel Factor
Full nameSamuel Faktor
CountryPoland (before 1921)
United States (after 1921)
Born(1883-09-22)September 22, 1883
Łódź, Poland
DiedJanuary 11, 1949(1949-01-11) (aged 65)
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Samuel ("S. D.") Factor (Faktor) (22 September 1883,[1] Łódź – 11 January 1949, Chicago) was a Polish-American chess master.

  1. ^ His birth year is sometimes given as 1892. According to the Szachowa Vistula article about Factor, his obituary in the 1949 New York Times gave his age as 65, which would support the 1883 birth date.