Nye, Edgar Wilson

Edgar Wilson, (1850-1896), an American humorist. He was a native of Shirley, Maine, and died at Asheville, North Carolina. Mr. Nye was admitted to the bar in Wyoming, but removed to New York where he won reputation as a lecturer, and a writer under the pen-name of "Bill Nye." Among his best known books are Forty Liars, Bill Nye and Boomerang, Fun, Wit, and Humor, and Remarks. He was associated with James Whitcomb Riley both in authorship and on the platform. Baled Hay was a joint volume.