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3 unusual facts about Hoyle


Edmond Hoyle

Hoyle's Official Book of Games, a series of computer games, named for Edmond Hoyle

Old Colony Club

Hoyle's Official Book of Games notwithstanding, the "extinct" game of Bestia (game) is still played every Friday night at this venerable institution.

Ontario Highway 101

A concession road between Hoyle and Matheson already existed at this point, and over the next several years it was reconstructed to provincial standards.


Allegorical interpretations of Genesis

They merely bring discredit to the Bible as they pile grist upon grist on the mills of latter-day Huxleys, such as Hoyle, Sagan, Gould, and others.

Diane Brewster

Brewster first played the character in a 1956 episode of Cheyenne entitled "Dark Rider" before appearing opposite James Garner in the third episode of Maverick, "According to Hoyle." Brewster's other Maverick appearances include "The Savage Hills" with Jack Kelly, "The Seventh Hand" with Garner, and the famous "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" with both Kelly and Garner.

Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle

Lord Hoyle, already a Freeman of Gibraltar, was awarded the Gibraltar Medallion of Honour, in March 2010, for being a 'supporter of Gibraltar and its people'.

Emmanuel Hoyle

Hoyle purchased the Banney Royd mansion, on a seven acre estate in Edgerton, Huddersfield, in 1918; it had been built in 1902, for local accountant W H Armitage, to the designs of architect Edgar Wood.

Lindsay Hoyle

In the days after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in August 1997, Mr Hoyle asked for a new national children's hospital to be built as a memorial to her.

Pickle Family Circus

Several members of the Pickle Family Circus were in the 1980 movie Popeye starring Robin Williams, including Bill Irwin (playing Ham Gravy), Larry Pisoni (Chico), Geoff Hoyle (Scoop), and Peggy Snider (playing Pickelina and credited as Peggy Pisoni).

Stirling University F.C.

In March 2012, the university's first year scholar Stephen Hoyle left the program to sign for ASB Premiership side Hawke's Bay United in New Zealand.

William Evans Hoyle

Trained as a medical anatomist, Hoyle is most famous for his monographic studies on cephalopods from major exploring expeditions of his era including the Challenger, the Albatross, the British National Antarctic Expedition and the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition.


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