Sydney George Fisher (September 11, 1856 – February 22, 1927) was a United States lawyer and historian, and is best known for his work ''The True History of the American Revolution''.
Biography
Sydney George Fisher was born in
Philadelphia
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on September 11, 1856, the only son of Elizabeth (Ingersoll) and
Sidney George Fisher
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.
His father was also a lawyer and historian. Sydney studied at
St. Paul's School in
Concord, New Hampshire
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The village of ...
, graduated from
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in
Hartford, Connecticut
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(1879) with a B.A., studied law at the
Harvard Law School
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Each class ...
for two years, and in 1883 was admitted to the bar at Philadelphia and began a law practice.
He died at the
Corinthian Yacht Club in
Essington, Pennsylvania
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on February 22, 1927.
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Works
He was noted for his studies of United States history. His works attained considerable popularity. They include, in addition to numerous magazine articles:
* ''The Making of Pennsylvania'' (1896)
2nd edition
(1908)
* ''Pennsylvania, Colony and Commonwealth'' (1897)
* ''The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States'' (1897, and two later editions)
* ''Men, Women, and Manners in Colonial Times'' (2 vols.
vol. Ivol. II
1898, and two later editions)
''The True Benjamin Franklin''
(1899, and six later editions)
* ''The True William Penn'' (1900, and three later editions)
* ''The True History of the American Revolution'' (1902,
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1856 births
1927 deaths
American historians
St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni
Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
19th-century American lawyers