Ernest Thayer

January 10, 2024
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Ernest Thayer
Full Name Ernest Thayer
Occupation Poet
Date Of Birth Aug 14, 1863(1863-08-14)
Age 161
Date Of Death 1940-08-21
Birthplace Lawrence
Country United States
Birth City Massachusetts
Horoscope Leo

Ernest Thayer Biography

Name Ernest Thayer
Birthday Aug 14
Birth Year 1863
Place Of Birth Lawrence
Home Town Massachusetts
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Leo
Spouse Rosalind Hammett

Ernest Thayer is one of the most popular and richest Poet who was born on August 14, 1863 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. American poet and author, most well-known for his poem “Casey at the Bat.” He also published a number of his other funny poetry in the New York Journal.

He was employed by He worked for William Randolph Hearst at The San Francisco Chronicle. at The San Francisco Chronicle.

He got married Rosalind Buel Hammett at the age of was 49 years old.

Ernest Thayer Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Poet
House Living in own house.

Ernest Thayer is one of the richest Poet from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ernest Thayer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He earned his magna cumlaude from Harvard and was the director of The Harvard Lampoon.

He was an humor columnist for The San Francisco Examiner in the 1880s in the final years of.

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Who is Ernest Thayer Dating?

According to our records, Ernest Thayer married to Rosalind Hammett. As of December 1, 2023, Ernest Thayer’s is not dating anyone.

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Ernest Ranked on the list of most popular Poet. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Ernest Thayer celebrates birthday on August 14 of every year.

Who was Ernest Thayer?

Ernest Lawrence Thayer (/ˈθeɪər/; August 14, 1863 – August 21, 1940) was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem “Casey” (or “Casey at the Bat”), which is “the single most famous baseball poem ever written” according to the Baseball Almanac, and “the nation’s best-known piece of comic verse—a ballad that began a …

Is Casey at the Bat a true story?

And there’s more: According to a 2008 auction catalog, Hopper “met Thayer in the early 1890s while performing in Massachusetts and asked him who the inspiration for Casey was. Thayer replied that it was his old Harvard pal, Samuel Winslow.”

What is the last line of Casey at the Bat?

By the time we get to the poem’s last line, it doesn’t come as too big a surprise to find out that things have ended badly for the home team; that “ there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.”

What are the words to the poem Casey at the Bat?

Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright, The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light; And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout, But there is no joy in Mudville—mighty Casey has struck out.

What newspaper did Thayer write for?

Years later, when Hearst took over the San Francisco Examiner , he hired Thayer to write for the newspaper. Thayer contributed ballads to the Sunday editions, and one of his pieces of comic verse, “Casey at the Bat,” became an American classic.

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