Spencer Crakanthorp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian chess player
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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Spencer Crakanthorp
- Spencer Crakanthorp, (17 February 1885 in Sydney, Australia – 1 August 1936) was a chess player and Australian Chess Champion in 1923-24, 1925-26, 1926 and 1927.
- He was the father-in-law of chess master Cecil Purdy who married Anne Purdy (née Crakanthorp, 1915–2013).
- Anne was a strong A Grade chess player in her own right.
- He was also grandfather to another chess master, Cecil's son John Purdy.
- Furthermore, Crakanthrop's granddaughter Diana Hutchings (née Purdy) married Frank Hutchings — winner of the 1953 New Zealand junior chess championship while his father (Lawrence Crakanthorp) (1857–1929) was ranked world no 188 in the 1902 historical world rating list.
- Therefore, the Crakanthorp–Purdy family can be recognized as one of the greatest chess dynasties ever.
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