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Fiske, John

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Fiske, John (1842–1901)

US historian and philosopher. A graduate of Harvard, he was a lecturer and librarian there. A prolific author, he was also a celebrated history lecturer, popularizing contemporary scientific, philosophic, and historical thought, especially the theory of evolution.

He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. A synthesizer rather than an originator of ideas, he attracted many distinguished scholars to historical studies. He later he turned to writing about US history, and he taught US history at Washington University in St Louis (1884–1901).



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