The Wreck of the Hesperus Felicia Hemans rather than to Longfellow). Additionally, in Kevin Sullivan's 1985 film of "Anne of Green Gables", a character recites "The Wreck of the Hesperus" prior to Anne's rousing rendition of "The Highwayman". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is also mentioned in the 2017 Woody Allen film "Wonder Wheel". "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is referenced in the comic song "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, performed by Groucho Marx in the movie "At the Circus" (1939); by Virginia Weidler in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940); by Robin Williams in "The Fisher King" (1991); by Kermit the
Richard R. Fisher Richard R. Fisher Richard R. Fisher is an American astrophysicist who worked in academia and at NASA. He retired in 2012. Fisher received his BA with honors from Grinnell College in 1961 and his PhD in astrogeophysics from University of Colorado in 1965. He was an Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii from 1965 to 1971, a staff scientist and then Section Head at the Sacramento Peak Observatory from 1971 to 1976, and worked at the National Center for Atmospheric Research from 1975 to 1991. He joined NASA in 1991 as the Branch Chief for the Solar Physics Branch at