Lebbeus Edward A Hordern (21 March 1941 GRO Register of Births: JUN 1941 2a 642 SURREY N.W., Lebbeus E. A. Hordern, mmn = Gibbons – 2 May 2000 GRO Register of Deaths: MAY 2000 32B 271 HENLEY - Lebbeus Edward A Hordern, DoB = 21 Mar 1941, aged 59), known as Edward Hordern, was an authority on sliding block puzzles, and was renowned for his puzzle solving abilities. Alt URL
Hordern had an extensive mechanical puzzle collection and was an author on the topic of mechanical puzzles. His best known book is "Sliding Piece Puzzles", originally published in 1986 by Oxford University Press ().
In 1993, Hordern edited, corrected and privately published a Centenary Edition of Puzzles Old & New by Professor Hoffmann, including photographs of many original puzzles of the 1890s, mostly from his own collection.
Hordern's family gave the puzzle collection, including the famed Hoffmann puzzles, to collector James Dalgety, co-founder of Pentangle Puzzles and curator of the Puzzle Museum.
References
External links Hoffman's Puzzles Old & New - Centenary Edition - published by Edward Hordern James Dalgety's Puzzle Museum, home to many of Hordern's puzzles A sliding link puzzle dedicated to Edward Hordern by Minoru Abe