Easley Blackwood, Sr.

Easley Rutland Blackwood, developer of the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwood_convention>Blackwood bidding convention</a> widely used in the contract bridge world, was the father of <a href=http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL4692866A>Easley Blackwood, Jr.</a>, a noted musician. Born in Alabama, U.S.A., he lived mostly in Indiana, worked in life insurance, but was <a href=http://www.acbl.org/about/hall-of-fame/biography.php?id=4>very active</a> in the contract bridge world (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easley_Blackwood,_Sr.>Wikipedia</a>).