Ben Cohen (bridge)
Ben Cohen was an author, publisher, and distributor of contract bridge books and stationery supplies. He pioneered duplicate bridge in the UK in the early 1930s and helped develop the Acol bidding system in the mid-1930s. He and the young Terence Reese wrote the first, and for a long time the only, textbook of the Acol system, The Acol Two Club. He also contributed to newspapers and journals in South Africa, India, and Japan as well as the UK. Cohen was from Hove.
Cohen and Rhoda Barrow edited the European Bridge Players' Encyclopedia, published 1967 and based on the American Official Encyclopedia of Bridge.Publications
- Cohen, Ben and Terence Reese. January, 1938. The Acol Two Club: with an introduction by S.J. Simon. Leng, Sheffield.
- Cohen, Ben 1953. Change to Acol. Allen & Unwin, London.
- Cohen, Ben 1960. Bridge quiz. Foyle, London.
- Cohen, Ben 1960. World Olympic bridge. Arco.
- Cohen, Ben. Solo Whist. Stanley Paul, London. 1960.
- Cohen, Ben 1962. Test your bridge: an anthology of posers and problems. Arco.
- Cohen, Ben and Rhoda Barrow. 1964. The ABC of Contract Bridge. Blond, London.
- Cohen, Ben and Rhoda Barrow. 1965. Calling a spade a spade – or, Acol in action. Blond, London.
- Cohen, Ben and Rhoda Barrow. 1965. Building better bridge: Acol for Americans. A.S. Barnes & Co.
- Cohen, Ben and Rhoda Barrow. 1967. The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia Paul Hamlyn, London.
- Cohen, Ben and Rhoda Barrow. 1969. All about Acol. Allen & Unwin, London.
- Cohen, Ben and Rhoda Barrow. 1969. Your Lead partner. Allen & Unwin, London.
