Sydney George Fisher

American lawyer

Not to be confused with Sidney George Fisher.

Sydney George Fisher

Born| (1856-09-11)September 11, 1856

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died| February 22, 1927(1927-02-22) (aged 70)

Essington, Pennsylvania

Education|

* St. Paul's School
* Trinity College
* Harvard Law School

Occupation(s)| Lawyer, historian
Parents|

* Elizabeth Fisher (née Ingersoll)
* Sidney George Fisher

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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[edit]

Sydney George Fisher was born in Philadelphia on September 11, 1856, the only son of Elizabeth (Ingersoll) and Sidney George Fisher.[1][2] His father was also a lawyer and historian. Sydney studied at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut (1879) with a B.A., studied law at the Harvard Law School 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 on February 22, 1927.[2]

## Works[edit]

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. I vol. II, 1898, and two later editions)
* The True Benjamin Franklin (1899, and six later editions)
* The True William Penn (1900,[3] and three later editions)
* The True History of the American Revolution (1902,[4] and four later editions, then greatly revised and issued in 1908 in 2 vols. as The Struggle for American Independence)
* American Education (1917)
* The Quaker Colonies (1919)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Jordan, John W., ed. (1916). Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Illustrated. Vol. VI. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 1965–1967. Retrieved June 20, 2023 - via Internet Archive.
2. ^ a b "S. G. Fisher, Oldest Trinity Trustee, Dies". Hartford Courant. Philadelphia (published February 23, 1927). February 22, 1927. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved June 20, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Brady, Cyrus Townsend (1900). "Review of The True William Penn by Sydney George Fisher". The Book Buyer: A Monthly Review of American and Foreign Literature. Vol. 20\. pp. 231–233.
4. ^ "Review of The True History of the American Revolution by Sydney George Fisher". The Athenaeum (3938): 487–488. April 18, 1903.

* This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Fisher, Sydney George" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
* Lawrence H. Gipson (1931). "Fisher, Sydney George". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

## External links[edit]

* Works by Sydney George Fisher at Project Gutenberg
* Works by Sydney Fisher (1856–1927) at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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