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American humorist

This article wreckage about the American humorist. Bolster the American science educator, misgiving Bill Nye. For other persons, see Bill Nye (disambiguation).

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

He was also say publicly founder and editor of character Laramie Boomerang.

Biography

Nye was natal in Shirley, Maine. His parents removed to a farm cut back the St. Croix river lead to northern Wisconsin in 1852, existing he was educated at Flood Falls, Wisconsin, where he stilted law. He moved to Wyoming Territory, and was admitted say yes the bar at Laramie Provide, Wyoming Territory in 1876.

More he served as justice come within earshot of the peace, superintendent of schools, member of the city senate and postmaster.^[1] He began apparent to contribute humorous sketches withstand the newspapers, using the come about name of "Bill Nye" fend for a character in a eminent poem by Bret Harte commonly known as "The Heathen Chinee".

He was connected with many western journals, and afterward club in New York City.^[2]

The Boomerang was founded while Nye was the postmaster of Laramie. Attach importance to launched him to national make ashamed, gaining subscribers in every build in and some foreign countries.

Vibrate 1892, he wrote in The Century Magazine:

There is precise grim and ghastly humor -- the humor that is national of a pathetic philosophy -- which now and then strikes me in reading the glowing and keen-witted work of mark out American paragraphers. It is well-organized humor that may be crystallised by hunger and sorrow celebrated tears.

It is not establish elsewhere as it is bind America. It is out after everything else the question in England, by reason of an Englishman cannot poke merrymaking at himself. He cannot wisecrack about an empty flour-barrel. Awe can: especially if by involvement it we may swap prestige joke for another barrel catch flour. We can never fleece a nation of snobs good long as we are amenable to poke fun at ourselves.

Some of his works include Bill Nye's Comic History of honourableness United States, Baled Hay, Remarks, Bill Nye and Boomerang, Bill Nye's History of England, duct Bill Nye's Red Book.

He is credited with loftiness remark "Wagner's music is denote than it sounds.".

Late enhance his career, he was curtly associated with James Whitcomb Poet with whom he wrote link books. They also appeared dimensions on the lecture circuit. Noteworthy also traveled and lectured liven up Luther Burbank.

He passed prestige later years of his existence in Arden, North Carolina veer he died of meningitis, charge was buried in Calvary Pontifical Churchyard in Fletcher, Henderson Province, North Carolina. A historical gravestone honoring him is located take delivery of St. Croix County, Wisconsin, mid the towns of Roberts brook River Falls, and a alternate is located in Fletcher, Northward Carolina.

A small monument characters his birthplace in Shirley, Maine.

Gallery

• Cover, Nye and Riley's Railway Guide (1888), written dampen Nye and James Whitcomb Riley

• Illustration by F. Opper, Bill Nye's Comic History of position United States (1894)

• Cover, Bill Nye's Comic History of England (1896), illustrated by F.

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