country death_date death_place birth_place birth_date birthname article_title name
england 14 september 1896 hull , england hull , england 18 august 1830 edward freeborough edward freeborough
 edward freeborough
edward freeborough

edward freeborough -lrb- 18 august 1830 -- 14 september 1896 -rrb- was the co-author , with charles ranken , of `` chess openings ancient and modern '' -lrb- 1889 -rrb- , one of the first important opening treatises in the english language and a precursor of `` modern chess openings '' .
he was a member of the editorial staff of the `` british chess magazine '' from 1883 until his death in 1896 .
he also wrote the books `` chess endings '' -lrb- 1891 , 1896 -rrb- and `` select chess end-games from actual play '' -lrb- 1895 , 1899 -rrb- , and edited the book `` analysis of the chess ending , king and queen against king and rook '' by `` euclid '' -lrb- a pseudonym for a. crosskill -rrb- -lrb- 1895 -rrb- .
freeborough had just completed the third edition of `` chess openings ancient and modern '' and transmitted the final version to the publisher `` when he was struck down by a sudden and mortal illness '' .
