Deems Taylor
Joseph Deems Taylor was an American composer, radio commentator, music critic and author. Nat Benchley, co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as "the dean of American music." He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1934.
22 December 1885
Born on the same birth day (22 December): Alcides Ghiggia • Andre Kostelanetz • Camille Guérin • Danny Ahn • David Heavener • Emre Aracı • Galina Murašova • Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster • Jean-Michel Basquiat • Mary Archer • Meghan Trainor
Born in the same month (December 1885): Annie Dale Biddle Andrews • Frank Patrick (ice hockey) • Leonid Pitamic • Mason Phelps • Paul Manship • Pierre Brissaud • Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein