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Alexander Wheelock Thayer

American writer (1817-1897).

Born October 22nd, 1817 in Natick.

Died July 15th, 1897 at 79 years old in Trieste.

Occupations
biographer, composer, journalist, librarian, music historian, musicologist, writer

Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris