Monstery, Thomas Hoyer, 1824-1901

found: Self-Defense for gentlemen and ladies, 2015:CIP t.p. (Thomas Hoyer Monstery) Data view (b. April 21, 1824) Galley Preface ("... Danish-American; a highly accomplished swordsman who had crossed blades with the greatest luminaries of his era ... Monstery's highly detailed dissertation on the art and science of defense ... presented a unique glimpse into the Victorian fighting world ... describing other styles of the era ... Monstery's work appears to be the only one in existence that discusses how to defend against them in significant detail ... [the] section on the quarterstaff ... represents the only treatise on quarterstaff technique published in America prior to the twentieth century")

found: findagrave.com, viewed January 20, 2015(Thomas Hoyer Monstery: death: Dec. 31, 1901, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Soldier of fortune, expert swordsman, duelist, hero of hundreds of skirmishes)