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Fiske, John 1842-
Historian; born in Hartford, Conn., March 31, 1842; graduated at Harvard in 1863 and at its Law School in 1865, but never practised; has since been identified with that institution as instructor, lecturer, assistant librarian themes.
He was the son of Edmund Brewster Green, of Smyrna, Del., and Mary Fiske Bound, of Middletown, Conn. In 1852
John Fiske. his father died and three years later his mother married Edwin W. Stoughton, of New York.
The same year the boy, whose name was Edmund Fiske Green, assumed the name of John Fiske, which was that of his maternal grandfather.
Professor Fiske's works fall under two heads: philosophical, including the Cosmic Philosophy; Idea of God, etc.; and historical, including TheProfessor Fiske's works fall under two heads: philosophical, including the Cosmic Philosophy; Idea of God, etc.; and historical, including The critical period of American history; Civil government in the United States; The War of Independence; The American Revolution; The beginnings of New England; The discovery of America; Old Virginia and her natives.
His three essays, The federal Unio
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), entry manifest-destiny- (search)
Manifest destiny.
In a lecture delivered at the Royal Institute of Great Britain in May, 1880, on the subject of The manifest destiny of the Anglo-Saxon race, Prof. John Fiske recalled the story of the three Americans, each of whom proposed a toast.
Here's to the United States, said the first speaker— bounded on the north by British America; on the south by the Gulf of Mexico; on the east by the Atlantic, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The second speaker said: Here's to the Un llow-countryman who has just sat down?
I give you the United States —bounded on the north by the aurora borealis, on the south by the precession of the equinoxes, on the east by the primeval chaos, and on the west by the day of judgment.
Professor Fiske offered some considerations concerning the future of the United States, which he said might seem unreasonably large to his audience, but which were quite modest, after all, when compared with some other prophecies.
A few short extracts fr
Old South Church,
Boston. The opposition to the requirement of church-membership for the exercise of political rights (see half-way covenant) led to the establishment, in 1669, of the Third Church in Boston, known as The old South since 1717, of which Mr. Fiske says: It is a building with a grander history than any other on the American continent, unless it be that other plain brick building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the federal Constitution framed.
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Wilson, James Grant 1832-
Author; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, April 28, 1832; was brought to the United States in infancy; engaged in the publishing business with his father; served through the Civil War, attaining the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; and at its close settled in New York City and engaged in literary work.
He was author of Bryant and his friends; General Grant; Centennial history of the diocese of New York; Life of Fitz-Greene Halleck; Sketches of illustrious soldiers; editor of Fitz-Greene Halleck's poems; and, with Prof. John Fiske, of Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American biography; Great commanders series; and Memorial history of the City of New York; and president of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society since 1885.