Thayer
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Thayer is a surname, and may refer to:
- Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921), American artist
- Alexander Wheelock Thayer (b. 1817), author of The life of Ludwig van Beethoven, a standard biography, and other music biographies
- Brynn Thayer (b. 1949), American actress
- Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the U.S. Senate from 1925-1933
- Elaine Orr Thayer, the first wife of poet E. E. Cummings
- E. J. Thayer, the creator of Xenimus
- Eli Thayer (1819-1899), Kansas politician
- Ernest Thayer (1863-1940), American poet, author of Casey at the Bat
- Harry Bates Thayer
- Helen Thayer
- James Thayer (b. 1949), thriller writer
- James Bradley Thayer (1831-1902), American legal writer and educationist
- John Thayer:
- John Thayer (priest) (1755-1815).
- John A. Thayer, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- John Eliot Thayer
- John Milton Thayer (January 24, 1820 – March 19, 1906), a U.S. Senator from Nebraska.
- John R. Thayer, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 1899-1905
- Joseph Henry Thayer (1828-1901), American biblical scholar
- Lorna Thayer (1919-2005), American actress
- Max Thayer (b. 1946), American movie actor
- Nathaniel Thayer (1769-1840), minister
- Orla Ed Thayer, inventor of the Thayer Valve for trombones
- Robert H. Thayer
- Rodney Thayer, a founder of KnownSafe
- Scofield Thayer, American poet and publisher
- Stuart Thayer (b. 1926), circus historian
- Sylvanus Thayer (1785-1872), US General
- Tiffany Thayer, founder of the Fortean Society
- Tom Thayer, NFL player
- Tommy Thayer (b. 1960), lead guitarist of KISS
- W. W. Thayer
- Webster Thayer, the judge at the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
- William Makepeace Thayer, (1820-1890) American author.
- William Roscoe Thayer, (1859-1923) American author and editor.
People whose name includes Thayer
- Rear-Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914), US Navy
- Francis Thayer Hobson, husband of writer Laura Z. Hobson
- Raymond Thayer Birge (1887-1980), physicist
- Thayer David (1927-1978), film and TV actor
- William Thayer Tutt, hockey builder, 1978 Hockey Hall of Fame
[edit] Places
- Thayer, Illinois
- Thayer, Iowa
- Thayer, Kansas
- Thayer, Missouri
- Thayer, Nebraska
- Thayer Corners, a location in Milo, New York
- Thayer County, Nebraska
- Thayer Park in Skaneateles (village), New York
- Thayer Street, Providence, Rhode Island
- The Thayer Tavern in Marlborough, Massachusetts
- Thayer Lindsley, a mine owned by Falconbridge Ltd.
[edit] Organisations
- Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts
- Thayer Central High School, Hebron, Nebraska
- Thayer High School in Winchester, New Hampshire
- Thayer Medical Corporation
- Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
- Thayer Hall, a Harvard dormitory
- Thayer Amusement Corporation, a US film distributor - see Kingsley-International Pictures
- Thayer and Chandler, an art materials company that marketed the first modern airbrush
- Thayer and Eldridge, a former publishing house
[edit] See also
- C.A. Thayer (1895), a sailing ship
- Thayer Valve, a valve for trombones
- Thayer's Quest, a laserdisc adventure game
- Thayer's Gull
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