Bill Nye Biography

Bill Nye biography

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NAME: Bill Nye
OCCUPATION: Journalist
BIRTH DATE: August 25, 1850
DEATH DATE: February 22, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH: Shirley, Maine
PLACE OF DEATH: Arden, North Carolina
Full Name: Edgar Wilson Nye

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Bill Nye is a humorous writer best known for founding the Laramie Boomerang. His newspaper and writings quickly became popular across America.

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Bill Nye. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 07:03, May 21, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/bill-nye-39247.

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Bill Nye is a humorous writer best known for founding the Wyoming daily newspaper, the Laramie Boomerang, in 1876. In the later half of the nineteenth century, Nye's newspaper and writings quickly became popular across America. He later wrote for the New York World and lectured with James Whitcomb Riley.