Photographs courtesy of Dickinson College Archives
and Special Collections
William R Fisher was born on June 27, 1849 in
Lower Marion, Pennsylvania. In 1866, he entered Dickinson College and in
1870 he recieved his B.A. Upon graduating Dickinson College, he taught
Natural Science for one year at the Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, then, from 1871-1874, studied ar the Univeristy of Heidelburg
in Germany. In 1874, he returned to his alma mater and served as
the Professor of Modern Languages until 1876, when he was admitted to the
Philadelphia Bar Association. Fisher then left Dickinson to be a
lawyer in Philadelphia.
