CATHOLIC SCHOLAR DIES AT MT. ANGEL
Death early today claimed one of the least known but most talented figures in American Catholicism, the Rev. Father Urban Fisher, 30 years professor at Mount Angel college and of late missionary pastor at Scappoose.
Father Fisher was a master of 31 languages. He taught all the sciences, philosophy and ethics. He held the degree of doctor of philosophy. He was a chemist and physicist whose original researches, had he chosen to exploit them, would have made him world-famous. Yet when he retired from educational fields to resume the humble routine of the parish priest, no stir was created in the world of learning.
He was born in Bohemia in 1857. When he came to America and settled in Minnesota he became interested in the Indians and on being ordained to the priesthood, his first labors were among the American natives. He had been graduated from German universities, where he received the background for his inter educational activities. In 1888 he joined the Mount Angel monastic colony and became a professor in the college. In addition to his other activities he wrote a Greek grammar now widely used, and also an English grammar. He mastered the Chinese language and taught it. He could converse in any of the Indian dialects and many of the Asiatic tongues, including those of Russia and India.
Oregon Journal (published as OREGON DAILY JOURNAL) - May 24, 1927 - page 6
May 24, 1927 | Oregon Journal (published as OREGON DAILY JOURNAL) | Portland, Oregon | Page 6
Death early today claimed one of the least known but most talented figures in American Catholicism, the Rev. Father Urban Fisher, 30 years professor at Mount Angel college and of late missionary pastor at Scappoose.
Father Fisher was a master of 31 languages. He taught all the sciences, philosophy and ethics. He held the degree of doctor of philosophy. He was a chemist and physicist whose original researches, had he chosen to exploit them, would have made him world-famous. Yet when he retired from educational fields to resume the humble routine of the parish priest, no stir was created in the world of learning.
He was born in Bohemia in 1857. When he came to America and settled in Minnesota he became interested in the Indians and on being ordained to the priesthood, his first labors were among the American natives. He had been graduated from German universities, where he received the background for his inter educational activities. In 1888 he joined the Mount Angel monastic colony and became a professor in the college. In addition to his other activities he wrote a Greek grammar now widely used, and also an English grammar. He mastered the Chinese language and taught it. He could converse in any of the Indian dialects and many of the Asiatic tongues, including those of Russia and India.
Oregon Journal (published as OREGON DAILY JOURNAL) - May 24, 1927 - page 6
May 24, 1927 | Oregon Journal (published as OREGON DAILY JOURNAL) | Portland, Oregon | Page 6
CATHOLIC SCHOLAR DIES AT MT. ANGEL
Death early today claimed one of the least known but most talented figures in American Catholicism, the Rev. Father Urban Fisher, 30 years professor at Mount Angel college and of late missionary pastor at Scappoose.
Father Fisher was a master of 31 languages. He taught all the sciences, philosophy and ethics. He held the degree of doctor of philosophy. He was a chemist and physicist whose original researches, had he chosen to exploit them, would have made him world-famous. Yet when he retired from educational fields to resume the humble routine of the parish priest, no stir was created in the world of learning.
He was born in Bohemia in 1857. When he came to America and settled in Minnesota he became interested in the Indians and on being ordained to the priesthood, his first labors were among the American natives. He had been graduated from German universities, where he received the background for his inter educational activities. In 1888 he joined the Mount Angel monastic colony and became a professor in the college. In addition to his other activities he wrote a Greek grammar now widely used, and also an English grammar. He mastered the Chinese language and taught it. He could converse in any of the Indian dialects and many of the Asiatic tongues, including those of Russia and India.
Oregon Journal (published as OREGON DAILY JOURNAL) - May 24, 1927 - page 6
May 24, 1927 | Oregon Journal (published as OREGON DAILY JOURNAL) | Portland, Oregon | Page 6
Death early today claimed one of the least known but most talented figures in American Catholicism, the Rev. Father Urban Fisher, 30 years professor at Mount Angel college and of late missionary pastor at Scappoose.
Father Fisher was a master of 31 languages. He taught all the sciences, philosophy and ethics. He held the degree of doctor of philosophy. He was a chemist and physicist whose original researches, had he chosen to exploit them, would have made him world-famous. Yet when he retired from educational fields to resume the humble routine of the parish priest, no stir was created in the world of learning.
He was born in Bohemia in 1857. When he came to America and settled in Minnesota he became interested in the Indians and on being ordained to the priesthood, his first labors were among the American natives. He had been graduated from German universities, where he received the background for his inter educational activities. In 1888 he joined the Mount Angel monastic colony and became a professor in the college. In addition to his other activities he wrote a Greek grammar now widely used, and also an English grammar. He mastered the Chinese language and taught it. He could converse in any of the Indian dialects and many of the Asiatic tongues, including those of Russia and India.
Oregon Journal (published as OREGON DAILY JOURNAL) - May 24, 1927 - page 6
May 24, 1927 | Oregon Journal (published as OREGON DAILY JOURNAL) | Portland, Oregon | Page 6
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