Comfort, George

FISK, L.H.D., educator, was born Sept. 20, 1833, at Berks hire, N. Y. He was a graduate of Wesley an University, and began his career as a teacher. From the period of 1866-68 traveled in Europe and the East. On his return to the U. S. he was appointed profe or of Modern Languages and Aesthetics in Alleghany College, afterward holding, in 1872-87, the same profe orship in Syracuse University. He received the appointment of Dean of the College of Fine Arts of the Syracuse University in 1873, and was made president of the Southern College of Fine Arts, La Porte, Tex., 1892. He is the author of Esthetics in Collegiate Educa tion; Art Museums in America; The Land Troubles in Ireland, .