John Fiske (philosopher)
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John Fiske was an American philosopher and historian. He was heavily influenced by Herbert Spencer and applied Spencer's concepts of evolution to his own writings on linguistics, philosophy, religion,
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"Professor John Fiske flies the evolution kite in America." – Daily Graphic, September 12, 1874.
Fiske late in life
The John Fiske Monument, Petersham
James Grant Wilson
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James Grant Wilson was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served a
John Fiske (philosopher)
…physical and moral forces. Later he turned to historical writings, publishing books such as The Discovery of America (1892). In addition, he edited, with James Grant Wilson, Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1887). He died at Gloucester, Massachusetts, July 4, 1901. "Mr. Buckle's Fallacies" (1861…
Wilson c. 1863