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): Cesare Cremonini (philosopher) • Edgard Varèse • Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) • James Oglethorpe • José Fonte • Lefter Küçükandonyadis • Uncle Luke • Urszula Włodarczyk
Born in the same month (December 1885): Annie Dale Biddle Andrews • Bazoline Estelle Usher • Elizabeth Baker (economist) • Frank Patrick (ice hockey) • George Minot • Leonid Pitamic • Marios Varvoglis • Mason Phelps • Paul Manship • Peter Sturholdt • Pierre Brissaud • Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein