Julia H. Thayer

Julia H. Thayer (1847–1944) was an American poet and educator. She served as president of the Chicago Female College, located in the Givins Beverly Castle, at Morgan Park, Chicago, Illinois. Thayer's productions, chiefly poetical and religious, appeared in various papers and magazines. She also wrote hymns, and was an authority on Ancient Greek literature.

At the age of ten, the family moved to Illinois. She was educated at her father's school in Morgan Park, the Chicago Female College.

After her father's death in 1892, Thayer became president of the nonsectarian Chicago Female College, in the Givens Castle, which she owned.

In Chicago, Thayer also directed the Studio of General Culture and Literature Training. She was a member of the Illinois Woman's Press Association and the National League of American Pen Women.

Selected works Hymns "His Greeting" "I Am Trusting in the Darkness" "I’ve Found Him" "Missing" "There Is a Star That Gilds the Gloom" "Thou Art Mine"