Edgar Wilson " Bill " Nye (August 25, 1850 – February 22, 1896) was an American humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang.

Edgar Wilson (Bill) Nye, journalist and humorist who spent his last years near Asheville, was born in Shirley, northern Maine, the oldest of three sons of Franklin and Elizabeth Loring Nye. His …

Born April 30, 1879, in Richmond, Va. Lived in Washington, D.C., 1892–1905. Studied at the Corcoran School of Art, 1892–1900. Married Beatrice (?) in Baltimore, 1904. In England, …

As a writer and humorist of the late 19th century, Nye, with Mark Twain and Artemus Ward, is recognized as contributing a distinctive, frontier type of American humor, noted for its broad …

The Boomerang was founded while Nye was the postmaster of Laramie City, Wyoming Territory. It launched him to national fame, gaining subscribers in every state and some foreign countries.

Edgar Wilson Nye was an American journalist, humorous writer, and lecturer. His work, like that of all the school, is often disfigured by the haste of its casual production and by its frequent …

Jul 21, 2008 · 'Bill' Nye, journalist, lecturer, author, and humorist, grew to manhood in this quiet valley of the Kinnickinnic, which flows southwesterly through River Falls. (A historical marker …

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Edgar Hewitt Nye was an important painter in the emerging Washington, DC art scene in the early-20th century. Nye was born in 1879 in Richmond, Virginia, and died in 1943 in …

NYE, Edgar Wilson, humorist, born in Shirley, Piscataqua County, Maine, 25 August, 1850. He was educated in an academy at River Falls, Wisconsin, removed to Wyoming territory, studied …