Fish (HAMILTON an American Aug)
HAMILTON , an American Aug. 3, 1808; was graduated at Columbia College, and admitted to the bar in 1830. A Whig in politics, he was elected a 1848. In 1851 he was returned to the congressman in 1842, and governor in United States Senate, where he opposed the repeal of the Missouri Compromise formation. He was Secretary of State and joined the Republican party on its under Grant from 1869 to 1877, signing, ington Treaty of 1871, and carrying as one of the commissioners, the Washthrough the settlement of the "Alabama" question. Died at Garrison, Putnam co., N. Y., Sept. 7, 1893. tary officer; born in New York City,
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Fish (NICHOLAS an American mili- Aug)
NICHOLAS, an American mili- Aug. 28, 1758, studied law; joined the Continental army and was an aide on the staff of John Morin Scott early in 1776; was promoted major of the 2d New York Regiment in November of that year; participated in the battles at Saratoga in 1777; led a corps of light Monmouth; and infantry in the battle of otherwise distinguished himself during the Revolutionary War. He was made adjutant-general of New York in 1786; supervisor of United States revenue in 1794, and president of the New York State Cincinnati Society in 1797. He died in New York City, June 20, 1833.
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Fisher
an animal of the marten family. It is a dark, glossy black, or brown animal, with occasional white and gray on head and under parts. The body is about twenty-three inches in length; tail, fourteen. It is an animal of the forests,--a bold, active tree-climber, to be found from the Adirondacks westward to the Pacific coast. It is quick as a a mink, and as greedy as a wolverine. Trappers dread the fisher for its adroitness in stealing bait. The animal is capable of following a trail for miles, springing the traps, and stealing the bait. It lives on fish, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, grouse, small birds, snakes, toads, frogs--any meat, dead or alive. The pelt of the fisher is worth about six dollars in the North American markets. See Fur
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Fisher
HARRISON, an American illustrator; born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1876. He was educated in San Francisco. He was recognized as one of the most talented of American illustrators, and his work appeared in the leading for He made ade illustrations magazines. "The Market Place," by Harold Frederic; "The Eagle's Heart," by Hamlin Garland; and other books. ALBERT
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Fisher
ANDREW, High Commissioner of Australia in England. He was born at Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, in 1862, and went to Queensland, Australia, the Queensland in 1885. He entered Parliament in 1893, and later became Minister of Railways in the Dawson Ministry. He represented Wide Bay in the Commonwealth Parliament for the first fifteen years of the Parliament. In 1904 he became Minister for Trade and Customs, Commonwealth of Australia; and in 1907 leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor party. In 1908-1909 he was Prime Minister of Australia; in 1909-1910 leader of Federal Opposition, and in 1910-1913 and 1914-1915 Prime Minister. In 1915 he resigned office as Prime Minister to represent Australia in London.
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Fisher (III)
GEORGE PARK, an American educator; born in Wrentham, Mass., Aug. 10, 1827; was graduated at Brown University in 1847; studied theology at the Yale Divinity School; at Andover, and in Germany; was Professor of Divinity in 1854-1861, and subsequently of Ecclesiastical History at Yale. He was the author of "Essays on the Supernatural Origin of Christianity," "History story of the Reformation," "The Grounds of Historic and Christian Belief," "Manual of Christian Evidences," "Colonial History of the United States." He died in 1909.
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Fisher (IRVING an American economist)
IRVING, an American economist; born in Saugerties, N. Y., in 1867. He graduated from Yale in 1888 and afterward studied in Berlin and in Paris. In 1890 he joined the faculty of Yale and became successively assistant professor and professor of political economy, the latter in 1898. From 1896 to 1910 he was editor of the "Yale Review." He was president and director of many important commissions, including the Citizens' Commission on War-Time Prohibition, and the National Conservation Commission, appointed by President Roosevelt. In 1917 he was chairman of the board of scientific directors of the Eugenics Record Office. During the campaign of 1920 he was active in support of the League of Nations as a campaign issue. He wrote "The Nature of Capital and Income" (1906); "The Rate of Interest" (1907); "The Purchasing Power of Money" (1911); "Stabilizing the Dollar" (1919). He also contributed numerous articles to magazines.
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Fisher (IV)
HERBERT LAURENS, a British legislator. He was born in London in 1865 and was educated at Winchester and Oxford University. He divided his time between politics and educational subjects, and in 1912 became a member of the Commission on the Public Services of India. In 1916 he was elected to represent the Hallam Division of Sheffield in Parliament, and in the same year became President of the Board of Education. His publications include: "The Medieval Empire," "Studies in Napoleonic Statesmanship," "A Political History of England," "Bonapartism," "Life of F. W. Maitland," "The Republican Tradition in Europe," "Political Unions," "Napoleon Bonaparte," with contributions to many magazines.
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Fisher's Hill
a lofty eminence, about 20 miles S. of Winchester, Va., between the Massanutten and North Mountains, and with its base washed by a branch of the Shenandoah. This place was the scene of a smart action, Sept. 22, 1864, between a National force under General Sheridan, and one of Confederates commanded by General Early, in which the latter was defeated with the loss of about 1,000 men killed and wounded, over 1,000 prisoners, and 16 guns. Among the killed were Generals Rhodes and Goodwin. The Union casualties numbered about 3,000.
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Fisk
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) CLINTON BOWEN, an American soldier and publicist, born in 1828 at Greigsville, N. Y. For some time he was engaged in business in Michigan and then removed to St. Louis. He entered the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil War and in 1865 was brevetted major-general. He devoted the remainder of his life chiefly to the interests of the negro race and was assistant commissioner in the Freedmen's Bureau. He was instrumental in founding Fisk University. In 1884 he left the Republican party and joined the temperance movement. He was Prohibition candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1886, and for President of the United States in 1888. He died in 1890.
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