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NYE, EDGAR WILSON (1850-1896) , American humorist, was born at Shirley, Maine, on the 25th of August 185o. His parents removed to a farm on the St Croix river in northern Wisconsin in 1852, and young Nye was educated in Wisconsin at the academy at River Falls, where he studied law. In 1876 he was admitted to the bar at Laramie, Wyoming, where he served as justice of the peace, superintendent of schools, member of the city council and postmaster. Here he began to contribute humorous articles under the pseudonym of " Bill Nye " to news-papers, especially the Cheyenne Sun and the Denver Tribune. In 1881 he founded at Laramie the Boomerang, and his reputation as a humorist was soon widespread. Later he became a successful lecturer, and in 1885, with James Whitcomb Riley, the poet, made an extended tour through the country, each reading from his own writings. Nye removed to New York
village
Buncombe
Asheville
II where he died on the 22nd of February 1896. His principal books are Bill Nye and Boomerang (1881); Forty
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