Ogden Nash | |
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![]() Nash and Dagmar from the television game show Masquerade Party, 1955 | |
Born | Frederic Ogden Nash August 19, 1902 |
Died | May 19, 1971 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 68)
Resting place | East Cemetery, North Hampton, New Hampshire[1][2] |
Education | Harvard University (for 1 year) |
Occupation | Poet |
Spouse | Frances Leonard |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Fernanda Eberstadt (granddaughter) Nicholas Eberstadt (grandson) |
Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New York Times to be the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry.[3]
Ogden Nash, whose droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry, died yesterday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. His age was 68.