Scofield Thayer (12 December 1889 in Worcester, Massachusetts – 9 July 1982 in Edgartown) was a wealthy American poet and publisher, best known for his art collection, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and as a publisher and editor of the literary magazine The Dial during the 1920s.

Scofield's uncle Ernest Thayer was the author of the well-known poem "Casey at the Bat".

By 1919 Elaine was having an affair with Cummings, giving birth to their daughter, Nancy, in December of that year.

[5] Thayer's involvement with The Dial began in April 1918 when he purchased $600 USD worth of stock in the magazine.

In late 1919, Thayer and his fellow Harvard alumnus Dr. James Sibley Watson, Jr. purchased The Dial from the owner, Martyn Johnson, who was suffering financial trouble.

He resigned as editor of The Dial in June 1926, and spent the remainder of his life in the care of relatives and various institutions and sanatoria.

[7] He left his Aubrey Beardsley collection of drawings to the Fogg Art Museum.