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Adrien Aron

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Adrien Aron
Harry Hopman and Aron in 1928, during a France-Australia match at Roland Garros[1]

Adrien Aron, born on (1902-04-29)29 April 1902 in Paris and died on 30 November 1969(1969-11-30) (aged 67) in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French tennis and bridge player, and a philately specialist.

Biography

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Adrien Aron was the older brother of philosopher Raymond Aron. He graduated with a law degree.[citation needed]

During the interwar period, he was described as "elegant, frequented the rich circles of tennis and gambling clubs; he perfectly embodied the man of pleasure, a type of man that my philosophical self despised and that perhaps a part of myself, barely conscious, humiliated by his sovereign lightness, admired or envied," said his brother.[2]

Tennis career

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He was described by Jean Samazeuilh as a "real machine to return the ball and a crocodile of the worst kind".[3] However, he could not compete with the "Musketeers". At the end of 1928, he was ranked the eleventh best French player by the French Tennis Federation.[4]

He won the Deauville tournament three times.[5] He won the Porée Cup in 1928, defeating Louis Géraud in the final.[6]

He participated six times in the French Championships between 1925 and 1931. Notably, he was defeated by the Hungarian champion Béla von Kehrling in 1926[7] and by Patrick Spence in five sets in 1927.[8]

Bridge career

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From the 1930s, he focused on bridge, becoming one of France's leading specialists in the game, alongside Pierre Albarran.[9]

Philately

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After the war, he gave up rackets and cards and became passionate about philately.[2] In 1959, he published Les Secrets de la philatélie with Calmann-Lévy.[citation needed]

Works

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  • Pierre Bellanger, Pierre Albarran, Adrien Aron, and Sophoklís Venizélos, Bridge, les 102 donnes d'un grand match, Grasset, Paris, 1933.
  • Adrien Aron and Jean Fayard, L'art du bridge, Arthème Fayard, Paris, 1938.
  • Adrien Aron, Les Secrets de la philatélie, Calmann-Lévy, Paris, 1959.

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Hopman won 2 sets to 1, "not without a very good resistance from the latter." Le Figaro, July 15, 1928.
  2. ^ a b Memoirs, Raymond Aron, 1983.
  3. ^ Le miroir des sports, October 4, 1927.
  4. ^ Le miroir des sports, December 11, 1928.
  5. ^ Le Figaro, September 6, 1927.
  6. ^ R-J Airdey, Aron won the Porée Cup, Paris-Soir, October 2, 1928.
  7. ^ Le miroir des sports, June 9, 1926.
  8. ^ Le miroir des sports, October 4, 1927.
  9. ^ Albarran, Pierre (1957). Encyclopédie du bridge moderne. Fayard. p. 180..