Ernest Lawrence Thayer was an American writer and poet who wrote the poem "Casey", which is "the single most famous baseball poem ever written" according to the Baseball Almanac, and "the nation’s ... Wikipedia
Born: August 14, 1863, Lawrence, MA
Died: August 21, 1940 (age 77 years), Santa Barbara, CA
Spouse: Rosalind Hammett (m. 1913–1940)
Education: Harvard University
Children: 0