Fisher, William Righter

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Class of 1870; Faculty, 1874-1876
    Full name
    William Righter Fisher
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    1
    Family
    William A. Fisher (father), Sarah P. Anderson Fisher (mother), A.E. Wager (wife)
    Education
    Dickinson (Carlisle College)
    Occupation
    Attorney or Judge
    Educator

    William Righter Fisher (Dickinson Alumni Record)

    Reference
    Fisher, William Righter - Born June 27, 1849, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ; p. William A. and Sarah (Anderson) Fisher ; prep., Hasting’s academy, Philadelphia; entered 1867 ; A. B., 1870 ; lawyer ; instructor in natural science, Dickinson seminary, Williamsport, Pa., 1870-71 ; student, universities of Heidelberg and Munich, Germany, 1871-74 ; professor of modern languages, Dickinson college, 1874-76 ; admitted to Philadelphia bar, 1876 ; B. L. society ; married, January 4, 1876, A. E. Wager ; son, Wager. Address, 1012 Stephen Girard building, Philadelphia, Pa.
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 229.
    How to Cite This Page: "Fisher, William Righter," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5664.