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Fiske (JOHN an American historian)

JOHN, an American historian; born in Hartford, Conn., March 30, 1842. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1863, and in 1865 took his degree in law, but never practiced. He was for a while lecturer on philosophy at Harvard, and in 1872-1879 assistant librarian. He was author of "Myths and Myth-Makers" (1872); "Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy" (2 vols. 1875), his principal work, in which he gives an exposition of the philosophy of natural evolution; "The Unseen World" (1876); "Darwinism" (1879); "The Idea of God" (1885). On phases of American history, he wrote: "American Political Ideas" (1885); "The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789" (1888); "The Beginnings of New England" (1889); "The American Revolution" (3 vols. 1891); "Discovery of America" (2 vols. 1892). He died in Gloucester, Mass., July 4, 1901.