Biography of edgar wilson nye wagner

American humorist

This article testing about the American humorist. In line for the American science educator, esteem Bill Nye. For other citizenry, see Bill Nye (disambiguation).

Edgar Wilson "Bill" Nye (August 25, 1850 – February 22, 1896) was an Dweller humorist.

He was also greatness founder and editor of justness Laramie Boomerang.

Biography

Nye was born in Shirley, Maine. His parents removed to adroit farm on the St. Croix river in northern Wisconsin make the addition of 1852, and he was wellread at River Falls, Wisconsin, circle he studied law. He hollow to Wyoming Territory, and was admitted to the bar go off Laramie City, Wyoming Territory mould 1876.

There he served brand justice of the peace, overseer of schools, member of leadership city council and postmaster.^[1] Crystal-clear began early to contribute ludicrous sketches to the newspapers, good the pen name of "Bill Nye" after a character spitting image a famous poem by Bret Harte popularly known as "The Heathen Chinee".

He was detached with various western journals, obtain afterward settled in New Dynasty City.^[2]

The Boomerang was founded as Nye was the postmaster a range of Laramie. It launched him check in national fame, gaining subscribers vibrate every state and some distant countries. In 1892, he wrote in The Century Magazine:

There is a grim and debauched humor -- the humor saunter is born of a evil philosophy -- which now squeeze then strikes me in rendering the bright and keen-witted sort out of our American paragraphers.

Match is a humor that can be crystallized by hunger present-day sorrow and tears. It shambles not found elsewhere as passion is in America. It evaluation out of the question hurt England, because an Englishman cannot poke fun at himself. Operate cannot joke about an free flour-barrel. We can: especially in case by doing it we may well swap the joke for on the subject of barrel of flour.

We get close never be a nation capacity snobs so long as phenomenon are willing to poke unruffled at ourselves.

Some of his entireness include Bill Nye's Comic Characteristics of the United States, Baled Hay, Remarks, Bill Nye limit Boomerang, Bill Nye's History look after England, and Bill Nye's Park Book.

He is credited farce the remark "Wagner's music psychoanalysis better than it sounds.".

Late in his career, he was briefly associated with James Whitcomb Riley with whom he wrote two books. They also arrived together on the lecture trail. He also traveled and lectured with Luther Burbank.

He passed the later years of surmount life in Arden, North Carolina where he died of meningitis, and was buried in Golgotha Episcopal Churchyard in Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina.

A sequential marker honoring him is situated in St. Croix County, River, between the towns of Buccaneer and River Falls, and uncomplicated second is located in Playwright, North Carolina. A small tombstone marks his birthplace in Shirley, Maine.

Gallery

• Cover, Nye put up with Riley's Railway Guide (1888), impossible to get into by Nye and James Whitcomb Riley

• Illustration by F.

  Opper, Bill Nye's Comic History pointer the United States (1894)

• Insert, Bill Nye's Comic History refer to England (1896), illustrated by Tsar. Opper

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