FISKE, HARRISON GREY

(1861), theatrical manager; 6. at Harrison, New York. Attended New York University for two years. Was dramatic critic and editor of several newspapers, and writes for various magazines, Author and adapter of many plays. Was manager of various dramatic organizations. opher and historian. His name originally was Edmund Fiske Greene but he adopted the name of a maternal great-grandfather on his mother’s second marriage. He graduated from Harvard in 1863. Harvard Law School, 1865 and joined the bar, but never practiced. In 1869-1879 and in 1896-1897 he lectured at Harvard on philosophy. In 1884 he was non-resident profe or of American History at Washington College, St. Louis, Mo. and lectured at University College, London in 1880, and the Royal Institution. First became known as a writer on evolutionary philosophy, and interpreter of Herbert Spencer. After 1879 American history became his chief study, and science secondary. His Ideal of God and Origin of Evil expre his ideas on philosophy and religion. A great worker, he produced many books, notable are Myths and Myth Makers, 1872; The Unseen World, 1876; The Destiny of Man, 1884; American Political Ideas, 1885; How the U. S. Became a Nation, The War of Independence, 1889; The American Revolution, 1891; A Century of Science, 1899; E ays Literary and Historical, 1902; Unpublished Orations, 1909. He edited Applet on’s Cyclopedia of Amer-