Augustus [1] Mongredien ( born Augustus Mongredien , March 17, 1807 , London - March 30, 1888 , ibid.) - English chess player , master. Member of a major international tournament in London (1862). For many years he was the leader of English amateur chess players.
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Biography
Born in the family of a French officer who moved to England in 1798.
He studied at the Roman Catholic College in Penn ( Buckinghamshire ). He was fluent in several languages, including Greek and Arabic. Sooner started to do business. He was the owner of the first screw steamer, flying to the Middle East . In 1859 he joined the company "H.J. Johnston and Co." In 1862 he acquired the estate of Hitherside [2] in Surrey . In 1864, he founded his own corn trading company.
Gradually retired and began to engage in literary work. In 1872 he was elected a member of the Cobden Club [3] . He was also known as a musician, botanist and political economist.
He was president of the London and Liverpool chess clubs. He did a lot for the development of chess in both cities.
As a sign of special merit, by special order, W. Gladstone received a pension from the civil list .
In recent years, he lived in the London area of Forest Hill.
Athletic Results
| Year | City | Competition | + | - | = | Result | A place |
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| 1845 | Berlin | Match with V. Ganshtein | 3 | one | 2 | 4: 2 | |
| Berlin | Match with C. Mayet | 3 | 3 | one | 3½: 3½ | ||
| Berlin | Match with L. Bledov | four | 7 | one | 4½: 7½ | ||
| 1850 | London | Match with J. Medley | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2: 3 | |
| 1851 | London | Club tournament | |||||
| 1857 | Manchester | Club tournament | |||||
| 1859 | London | Match with P. Morphy | 0 | 7 | one | ½: 7½ | |
| 1860 | London | Match with D. Garrwitz | 0 | 7 | one | ½: 7½ | |
| 1862 | London | International tournament | 3 | ten | 0 (6) | 3 out of 13 [4] [5] | 11-12 |
| 1863 | London | Match with V. Steinitz | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0: 7 |
List of scientific papers
- Trees and Shrubs for English Plantations; a selection and description of the most Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Native and Foreign, which will flourish in the Open Air in our Climate .... with Illustrations, London, 8vo.
- England's Foreign Policy; an Inquiry as to whether we should continue a Policy of Intervention, London, 8vo.
- The Heatherside Manual of Hardy Trees and Shrubs, London, 1874-5, 8vo.
- Frank Allerton. An Autobiography, 3 vols. London, 1878, 8vo.
- Free Trade and English Commerce, 2nd edit. London [1879], 8vo; answered by FJB Hooper, 1880; and in Half-a-pair of Scissors; or what is our (so-called) Free Trade? (anon.), Manchester, 1885.
- The Western Farmer of America, London, 1880, 8vo, reprinted 1886; replied to by TH Dudley and JW Hinton.
- History of the Free Trade Movement in England, London, 1881, 8vo, translated into French by H. Gravez, Paris, 1885, 8vo.
- Pleas for Protection examined, London, 1882, 8vo; reprinted 1888.
- Wealth-Creation, London, 1882, 8vo.
- The Suez Canal Question, 1883, 8vo.
- Trade Depression, recent and present [1885], 8vo.
- On the Displacement of Labor and Capital, 1886, 8vo.
Notes
- ↑ In Russian-language chess literature, the name was usually referred to as Augustus .
- ↑ English Heaterside
- ↑ Cobden Club (English) // Wikipedia. - 2016-12-29.
- ↑ Including a point from J. Blackburn who did not appear for the second replay.
- ↑ Drawn overplayed.
Links
- O. Mongredien games in the Chessgames database
- O. Mongredien's personal card on 365Chess