Fisher, William Righter

Biographical notes:

1849 June 27 Born in Montgomery County, Pa. to Wiliam A. and Sarah Fisher 1870 Graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. 1871 1874 Attended Universities of Heidelberg and Munich 1874 1876 Taught modern languages at Dickinson College 1876 Jan. 4 Married Mary Wager 1876 Admitted to Philadelphia bar and began to practice law 1932 Feb. 18 Died in Philadelphia, Pa. 1845 Born in Lansing, N.Y. 1864 Graduated from Alfred University 1866 Taught freedmen at Dr. Manly's school in Richmond, Va. 1870 Became journalist, covering political events in Washington, D.C. 1872 Wrote series of articles entitled, The Traveller Abroad for The Rural New Yorker 1876 Married William Righter Fisher 1915 July 1 Died in Bryn Mawr, Pa.

From the guide to the William Righter and Mary Wager Fisher Papers, 1830-1934, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)