William Payne (mathematician)

William Payne (unknown – c. 1779) was an English mathematician^[1] and the author of books about mathematics, draughts, and whist. Payne was the brother of prominent London bookseller Thomas Payne, who sold his works and published some of them.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Payne's first book, An Introduction to the Game of Draughts, was published in 1756.^[2]^[1] The dedication and preface were written by Samuel Johnson.^[2]^[3]

Payne's second book, An Introduction to Geometry: Containing the Most Useful Propositions in Euclid, & Other Authors, was published in 1767.^[4]

The book Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist; With All Necessary Calculations, and Laws of the Game was published anonymously in 1773; published by his brother Thomas, it is believed to have been written by William Payne.^[5]

References

1 2 3 Courtney, A bibliography, p. 74.
1 2 3 Hanley, p. 181.
1 2 Boswell, p. 192.
↑ Payne, William (1767). An Introduction to Geometry: Containing the Most Useful Propositions in Euclid, & Other Authors. London: H. Hart.
↑ Courtney, English whist, p. 360.

Sources

Courtney, William Prideaux (1894). English whist and English whist players. Richard Bentley and Son.
Courtney, William Prideaux; Smith, David Nichol (ed.) (1915). A bibliography of Samuel Johnson. Clarendon Press.
Boswell, James (1888). The Life of Samuel Johnson. Swan Schonnenheim, Lowrey & Co.
Hanley, Brian J (2001). Samuel Johnson as Book Reviewer: A Duty to Examine the Labors of the Learned. University of Delaware Press.

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