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=Fisher, Sydney George.= _Pa._, 1856- ----. A lawyer of Philadelphia.
The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States; The Making of
Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania: Colony and Commonwealth. _Co. Lip._
=Fisher, Theodore Willis.= _Ms._, 1837- ----. A physician, since 1881
clinical instructor in mental disease at Harvard University. Plain
Talks About Insanity.
=Fisher, Thomas.= _Pa._, 1801-1856. A Philadelphia writer who published
Dial of the Seasons; Song of the Sea Shells; Mathematics Simplified and
Made Attractive.
=Fisk, Samuel.= _Ms._, 1828-1864. A Congregational clergyman who served
as a soldier in the Federal army, and was killed at the Battle of the
Wilderness. Mr. Dunn Browne’s Experiences in the Army.
=Fisk, Wilbur.= _Vt._, 1792-1839. A Methodist clergyman once famous
as a pulpit orator, and the first president of Wesleyan University,
1831-39. Calvinistic Controversy; Travels in Europe; Sermons on
Universalism. _See Lives by G. Prentice, 1889, J. Holdich, 1890. Meth._
=Fiske, John.= _Ct._, 1842-1901. A philosopher and historian of
Cambridge, who lectured and wrote extensively on American history,
and was a thinker of the school of Darwin and Spencer. Myths and
Myth-Makers; Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy; The Unseen World; Darwinism
and Other Essays; Tobacco and Alcohol; Excursions of an Evolutionist;
The Destiny of Man; The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge;
American Political Ideas from the Standpoint of Universal History;
The Critical Period of American History, 1783-89; The Beginnings
of New England; Civil Government in the United States; The War of
Independence, a work for young readers; The American Revolution; The
Discovery of America; United States History for Schools; Life of Edward
L. Youmans, _infra_; Virginia and Her Neighbours. _Ap. Har. Hou._
=Fiske, Nathan.= _Ms._, 1733-1799. A Congregational clergyman of
Brookfield, Massachusetts, who was a prolific author of essays and
addresses. Beside separate sermons, his published works include Sermons
(1794); The Moral Monitor, a collection of essays once very popular as
a school reader.
=Fiske, Nathan Welby.= _Ms._, 1798-1847. Son of N. Fiske, _supra_.
A Congregational clergyman, professor at Amherst College, 1824-47.
He was the father of Mrs. Helen Jackson, “H. H.,” _infra_. Manual of
Classical Literature; Sermons; Young Peter’s Tour Around the World;
Story of Aleck, or the History of Pitcairn’s Island. _See Biography by
H. Humphrey, 1850._
=Fitch, Elijah.= 1745-1788. A Congregational minister of Hopkinton,
Massachusetts. The Beauties of Religion, a Poem Addressed to Youth; The
Choice, a Poem. _See Duyckinck’s American Literature._
=Fitch, William Clyde.= _N. Y._, 1865- ----. A dramatist of New York
city, the author of Beau Brummell and other plays; The Knighting of the
Twins, and Ten Other Tales; Some Correspondence and Six Conversations.
_Rob. St._
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