See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

EDGAR See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

WILSON See also:

• EDGAR WILSON NYE (1850-1896)

NYE (1850-1896)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American humorist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), JAMES (1596-1666)
• SHIRLEY (or SHERLEY), SIR ANTHONY (1565-c. 1635)
• SHIRLEY, WILLIAM (1694-1771)

Shirley, See also:

• MAINE
• MAINE, ANNE LOUISE BENEDICTE DE BOURBON
• MAINE, SIR HENRY JAMES SUMNER (1822–1888)

Maine, on the 25th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 185o . His parents removed to a See also:

• FARM

farm on the St Croix See also:

• RIVER

river in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• WISCONSIN (known as " the Badger' state ")
• WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF

Wisconsin in 1852, and See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• NYE, EDGAR WILSON (1850-1896)

Nye was educated in Wisconsin at the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy at River Falls, where he studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . In 1876 he was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at See also:

• LARAMIE

Laramie, See also:

• WYOMING

Wyoming, where he served as See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, member of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council and postmaster . Here he began to contribute humorous articles under the See also:

• PSEUDONYM (Gr. >l ev&,vuµos, having a false name, ¢Evirls, false and ovoµa, name)

pseudonym of " See also:

• BILL

Bill Nye " to See also:

• NEWS

news-papers, especially the See also:

• CHEYENNE
• CHEYENNE (Sioux for " of alien speech ")

Cheyenne See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

Sun and the See also:

• DENVER

Denver See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

Tribune . In 1881 he founded at Laramie the See also:

• BOOMERANG

Boomerang, and his reputation as a humorist was soon widespread . Later he became a successful lecturer, and in 1885, with See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James Whitcomb See also:

• RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB (1853– )

Riley, the poet, made an extended tour through the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, each See also:

• READING

reading from his own writings . Nye removed to New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York City in 1886, and passed the later years of his See also:

• LIFE

life at See also:

• ARDEN, FOREST OF

Arden, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in See also:

• BUNCOMBE, or BUNKUM (from Buncombe county, North Carolina, United States)
• BUNCOMBE, SIR CHARLES (c. 1648-1711)

Buncombe See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina (about to in. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ASHEVILLE

Asheville), II where he died on the 22nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1896 . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal books are Bill Nye and Boomerang (1881); See also:

• FORTY

Forty Liars and Other Lies (1882); Nye and Riley's Railway See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

Guide (1886), with James Whitcomb Riley; and two comic histories, Bill Nye's See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• UNITED

United States (1894) and Bill Nye's History of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from the See also:

• DRUIDS, ORDER OF

Druids to the Reign of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII . (1896) .