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Culbertson, Ely (1891-1955)

Romanian-born US bridge authority. He developed contract bridge's first successful bidding system and established himself as the world's best player in a 1931-32 win.

He was the son of an American mining engineer and a Russian woman. A revolutionary as a youth, he devised a 1940 peace plan including ideas later adopted by the United Nations.
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