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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Fiske, John, philosopher, lecturer, author, 30, 1848, in Hartford, Conn. He is a philosopher and historian of Cambridge; and has lectured extensively upon American history. He was the author of Myths and Myth-Makers; Outlines of Cos-

was born March

mic 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

ican History,

AmerThe Beginnings of Government in the

Critical Period of

1783-89;

New England; Civil 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; and Virginia and Her Neighbors. He died July 4, 1901, in Cambridge, Mass.

Fiske, John D., physician, surgeon. a noted physician of Baltimore, Md. Fiske, Lewis

He is

Ransom, clergyman, educator,

college president, author, was born Dec. 24, 182.'), in Penfield, N.Y. He received his edu-

cation at the Michigan university, from which institution he received the degrees of A.B. and

A.M., and subsequently the degree of LL.D. The degree of D.D. was conferred by the Albion college. In 187579 he was editor of the Michigan Christian Advocate. During 1850-53 he was professor of natural science at Albion college; in 1853-56 filled the same chair in the Michigan state normal school; and during 1856-63 was professor of chemistry at the Michigan state agricultural college. During 1863-77 he was pastor of churches in Jackson, Ann Arbor and Detroit; and during 1877-98 was president of Albion college. He is the author of Echoes from College Platforms; Among the Professions; To-day and To-morrow; Choosing a Life Work; and Human Life and its Forces. He died Feb. 14, 1901, in Denver, Colo. Fiske, Mary A. D., actress, was born Dec. She made 19, 1865, in New Orleans, La. her debut in Little Rock at the age of three years, as the Duke of York in Richard III. At the age of twelve years she starred in Richelieu; and as Louise in the Two OrDoll's phans. She has since starred in

A

House; and

many

A Light

From

St.

Agnes; and

in

other plays. Fiske, Minnie Maddem, actress, was born She has atin 1865 in New Orleans, La. tained prominence as one of the foremost actresses in the United States; and has starred in Hester Crewe and other plays. She is the wife of Harrison Grey Fiske.

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Fiske, Nathan, clergyman, author, was born Sept. 9, 1733, in Weston, Mass. He Was the author of Sermons; and The Moral Monitor, a collection of essays once very popular as a school reader. He died Nov. 24, 1799, in Brookfield, Mass. Fiske, Nathan Welby, educator, clergyman, author, was born April 17, 1798, in Weston, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman; and professor at Amherst college in 1824-47. He was the author of Manual of Classical Literature; Sermons; Young Peter's Tour Around the World; and Story of Aleck, or the HLstory of Pitcairn's Island. He died

May

27, 1847, in Jerusalem, Palestine.

Fiske,

was born

Oliver,

soldier,

Sept. 2, 1762.

physician, author, He served in the

army during the revolutionary war. In 1790 he began practice in Worcester, Mass.; and in 1803 was appointed special justice of the court of common pleas. He died in 1836 in Boston, Mass. Fiske, Ralph Browning, litterateur, author, was born in Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Count of Nideck, a romance. Fiske, Stephen, journalist, critic, author, was born Nov. 21, 1840, in New Brunswick. N.J. He was educated at Rutger's college. He accompanied a Japanese prince, president-elect Lincoln and the Prince of Wales on American tours. In 1862 he became dramatic critic of the New York Herald. He managed

foreign thea-

and the Fifth avenue theater of New York City; and tres

introduced jeska and Mary first

ModAn-

He is now dramatic critic of Sports of the Times; and editorial writer and special correspondent of the New York Herald. He originated the New York Dramatic Mirror; and originated the Actors' fund. He is the author of English Photographs; Holiday Tales; Off -Hand Portraits of Prominent New Yorkers; and has written the plays Corporal Cartouche; Martin Chuzzlewit; also My Noble Son-in-Law; and derson.

Robert Rabagas. Fiske, William Mead Lindsley, physician, inventor, was born May 10, 1841, in New York City. He invented and made numerous improvements in surgical instruments, the most important of which is known as the episiotomotome. He died in 1904 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Fiske, William Oscar, soldier, was bom In 1862 he became capin Massachusetts. tain in the thirty-flrst regiment Massachusetts infantry; and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He died Feb. 2, 1886. Fitch, Asa, naturalist, agriculturist, author, was born Feb. 24, 1809, in Salem, N.Y.