Thayer, Ernest Lawrence

(1863–1940) poet, businessman; born in Lawrence, Mass. His father owned several woolen mills, one in Worcester, Mass., where Ernest grew up. At Harvard he was regarded as a brilliant philosophy student of William James; he also contributed to the annual Hasty Pudding plays and was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. After graduating with honors (1885), he went to Paris, where his classmate/friend, William Randolph Hearst, invited him to contribute a humor column to the San Francisco Examiner; Thayer did so under the by-line "Phin" (1886–88), writing a series of humorous ballads that included Casey (appearing June 3, 1888, and for which he was paid $5). It went generally unnoticed until William De Wolf Hopper, a vaudeville comedian/comic opera singer of the day, began to recite it (starting late 1888 or early 1889); it so caught on that he recited it over 10,000 times in the ensuing years. Thayer returned to Worcester in 1887 and unenthusiastically managed one of the family's mills; he retired after about 20 years, and ended up in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1912, where he married a widow and spent the rest of his life. As Casey at the Bat (its widely known title) increased in popularity, many tried to claim authorship (and many ballplayers claimed to have been the original Casey), but Thayer is recognized as the true author. His only other published poems were several more humorous ballads for Hearst's New York Journal (1896–97). For many years he found it a nuisance to be associated with the ballad, but in his final years he came to accept that he had written a classic of its kind. It has inspired many musical works, movies, paintings, sculptures and—above all—endless parodies and variations.

单词	thayer, ernest lawrence
释义	Thayer, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, Ernest Lawrence (1863–1940) poet, businessman; born in Lawrence, Mass. His father owned several woolen mills, one in Worcester, Mass., where Ernest grew up. At Harvard he was regarded as a brilliant philosophy student of William James; he also contributed to the annual Hasty Pudding plays and was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. After graduating with honors (1885), he went to Paris, where his classmate/friend, William Randolph Hearst, invited him to contribute a humor column to the San Francisco Examiner; Thayer did so under the by-line "Phin" (1886–88), writing a series of humorous ballads that included Casey (appearing June 3, 1888, and for which he was paid $5). It went generally unnoticed until William De Wolf Hopper, a vaudeville comedian/comic opera singer of the day, began to recite it (starting late 1888 or early 1889); it so caught on that he recited it over 10,000 times in the ensuing years. Thayer returned to Worcester in 1887 and unenthusiastically managed one of the family's mills; he retired after about 20 years, and ended up in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1912, where he married a widow and spent the rest of his life. As Casey at the Bat (its widely known title) increased in popularity, many tried to claim authorship (and many ballplayers claimed to have been the original Casey), but Thayer is recognized as the true author. His only other published poems were several more humorous ballads for Hearst's New York Journal (1896–97). For many years he found it a nuisance to be associated with the ballad, but in his final years he came to accept that he had written a classic of its kind. It has inspired many musical works, movies, paintings, sculptures and—above all—endless parodies and variations.
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