Fisher, Irving (1867-1947)

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Irving Fisher to Committee of One Hundred, May 8, 1907

Irving Fisher to American Association for the Advancement of Science, April 22, 1908

Jane Addams et al. to William Howard Taft, December 30, 1911

Jane Addams et al. to Booker T. Washington, December 7, 1912

Jane Addams et al. to Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, February 13, 1913

Jane Addams et al. to Booker T. Washington, February 13, 1913

Irving Fisher to Jane Addams, October 7, 1920

Jane Addams to Friend William Richardson, November 3, 1925

Theodore Roosevelt to Irving Fisher, May 8, 1907

Announcement, Association pour la Sauvegarde du Droit es Gens, 1915

Emily Greene Balch to William Jennings Bryan, September 7, 1916

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 14, 1920

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, et. al, January 12, 1923

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, January 4, 1924

The Progressive Party and the Disinherited, August-September, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt to Amos Pinchot, December 31, 1912

Hamilton Holt, Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews, & Frederick Lynch to Jane Addams, July 23, 1915

Harriet Park Thomas to Jane Addams, July 8, 1916

Delegation List to Meet President Wilson, August 29, 1916

Eugene Noble Foss to Jane Addams, November 11, 1916

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, October 13, 1921

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Birth Date

1867-02-27

Death Date

1947-04-29

Birthplace

Saugerties, NY

Biographical Text

Irving Fisher studied at Yale University, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones Society. While a student, Fisher also worked as a tutor to help support his family after the death of his father. Fisher graduated in 1888, and in 1891 he received the first Ph.D. in economics granted at Yale. Fisher went on to study in Berlin and Paris, returning to the United States to became a professor of political economy at Yale, where he spent the remainder of his teaching career. Fisher edited the Yale Review, was president of the American Economic Association, served as Gibbs Lecturer for the American Mathematical Society, was founder and first president of the Econometric Society, and founded of the Life Extension Institute. In addition, Fisher wrote various books and articles and made several inventions, including an index visible filing system. He was a campaigner for the Progressive Party and supported vegetarianism and Prohibition. He also supported eugenics, served on the advisory board of the Eugenics Record Office, and was the first president of the American Eugenics Society.

Fisher married Margaret Hazard in 1893. They had three children. Fisher died in 1947.

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Public domain

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Male

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1907

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“Fisher, Irving (1867-1947),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed December 8, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2542.

Fisher, Irving (1867-1947)

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Irving Fisher to Committee of One Hundred, May 8, 1907

Irving Fisher to American Association for the Advancement of Science, April 22, 1908

Jane Addams et al. to William Howard Taft, December 30, 1911

Jane Addams et al. to Booker T. Washington, December 7, 1912

Jane Addams et al. to Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, February 13, 1913

Jane Addams et al. to Booker T. Washington, February 13, 1913

Irving Fisher to Jane Addams, October 7, 1920

Jane Addams to Friend William Richardson, November 3, 1925

Theodore Roosevelt to Irving Fisher, May 8, 1907

Theodore Roosevelt to Irving Fisher, May 8, 1907

Announcement, Association pour la Sauvegarde du Droit es Gens, 1915

Emily Greene Balch to William Jennings Bryan, September 7, 1916

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 14, 1920

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, et. al, January 12, 1923

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, January 4, 1924

The Progressive Party and the Disinherited, August-September, 1912

Theodore Roosevelt to Amos Pinchot, December 31, 1912

Hamilton Holt, Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews, & Frederick Lynch to Jane Addams, July 23, 1915

Harriet Park Thomas to Jane Addams, July 8, 1916

Delegation List to Meet President Wilson, August 29, 1916

Eugene Noble Foss to Jane Addams, November 11, 1916

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, October 13, 1921

Prohibition, March 2, 1928

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