Son of William Hiram and Sarah A. Fiske.
Husband of Mary Hewins Fox Fiske. Married 1877.
Lived to age 75 years.
Occupation - Writer
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Stephen Ryder Fiske, author was born in New Brunswick N. J., November 22, 1840, son of William and Sarah (Blankeney) Fiske; grandson of Judge Haley Fiske, and descendant of Lord Symond Fiske of Suffolk, England. He was educated at Rutgers College; in 1858 he joined the staff of the New York Herald and accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of the American continent in 1860. He was called from the seat of war in 1862 to become dramatic critic for the New York Herald. He sailed to England in the international yacht race of 1866 on board the Henrietta. He was "Geribaldi's American" in the campaign before Rome. He became manager of the St. James theatre and the Royal English Opera company in London in 1868 and of the Fifth Avenue theatre in New York in 1878, and first introduced to the public Modjeska and Mary Anderson. He became a dramatic critic of the Spirit of Times in 1879. He was elected member of the Actors' fund of America the Society of American authors, the American dramatists' club, and other organizations.He published: English photographs (1870), Off hand portraits of Prominent New Yorkers (1884), Holiday Tales (1891) and is also author of the following plays: Corporeal Cartouche (1862), Martin Chuzzlerit (1863), My Noble Son-in-Law (1864), and Robert Rabagas (1872).
(The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans ... edited by Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown)
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In the 1870s, he met and began an affair with Mary Hewins Fox, which prompted Fox’s husband at the time, Mr. Burnham, to attempt to shoot and stab Fiske. Fiske survived and married Fox, who in 1877 gave birth to a son
(Miller, Douglass W. "Stephen Ryder Fiske." Dictionary of American Biography. Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2006.)
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Husband of Mary Hewins Fox Fiske. Married 1877.
Lived to age 75 years.
Occupation - Writer
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Stephen Ryder Fiske, author was born in New Brunswick N. J., November 22, 1840, son of William and Sarah (Blankeney) Fiske; grandson of Judge Haley Fiske, and descendant of Lord Symond Fiske of Suffolk, England. He was educated at Rutgers College; in 1858 he joined the staff of the New York Herald and accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of the American continent in 1860. He was called from the seat of war in 1862 to become dramatic critic for the New York Herald. He sailed to England in the international yacht race of 1866 on board the Henrietta. He was "Geribaldi's American" in the campaign before Rome. He became manager of the St. James theatre and the Royal English Opera company in London in 1868 and of the Fifth Avenue theatre in New York in 1878, and first introduced to the public Modjeska and Mary Anderson. He became a dramatic critic of the Spirit of Times in 1879. He was elected member of the Actors' fund of America the Society of American authors, the American dramatists' club, and other organizations.He published: English photographs (1870), Off hand portraits of Prominent New Yorkers (1884), Holiday Tales (1891) and is also author of the following plays: Corporeal Cartouche (1862), Martin Chuzzlerit (1863), My Noble Son-in-Law (1864), and Robert Rabagas (1872).
(The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans ... edited by Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown)
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In the 1870s, he met and began an affair with Mary Hewins Fox, which prompted Fox’s husband at the time, Mr. Burnham, to attempt to shoot and stab Fiske. Fiske survived and married Fox, who in 1877 gave birth to a son
(Miller, Douglass W. "Stephen Ryder Fiske." Dictionary of American Biography. Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2006.)
Contributed by member (Taylor #47701928)
Son of William Hiram and Sarah A. Fiske.
Husband of Mary Hewins Fox Fiske. Married 1877.
Lived to age 75 years.
Occupation - Writer
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Stephen Ryder Fiske, author was born in New Brunswick N. J., November 22, 1840, son of William and Sarah (Blankeney) Fiske; grandson of Judge Haley Fiske, and descendant of Lord Symond Fiske of Suffolk, England. He was educated at Rutgers College; in 1858 he joined the staff of the New York Herald and accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of the American continent in 1860. He was called from the seat of war in 1862 to become dramatic critic for the New York Herald. He sailed to England in the international yacht race of 1866 on board the Henrietta. He was "Geribaldi's American" in the campaign before Rome. He became manager of the St. James theatre and the Royal English Opera company in London in 1868 and of the Fifth Avenue theatre in New York in 1878, and first introduced to the public Modjeska and Mary Anderson. He became a dramatic critic of the Spirit of Times in 1879. He was elected member of the Actors' fund of America the Society of American authors, the American dramatists' club, and other organizations.He published: English photographs (1870), Off hand portraits of Prominent New Yorkers (1884), Holiday Tales (1891) and is also author of the following plays: Corporeal Cartouche (1862), Martin Chuzzlerit (1863), My Noble Son-in-Law (1864), and Robert Rabagas (1872).
(The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans ... edited by Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown)
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In the 1870s, he met and began an affair with Mary Hewins Fox, which prompted Fox’s husband at the time, Mr. Burnham, to attempt to shoot and stab Fiske. Fiske survived and married Fox, who in 1877 gave birth to a son
(Miller, Douglass W. "Stephen Ryder Fiske." Dictionary of American Biography. Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2006.)
Contributed by member (Taylor #47701928)
Husband of Mary Hewins Fox Fiske. Married 1877.
Lived to age 75 years.
Occupation - Writer
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Stephen Ryder Fiske, author was born in New Brunswick N. J., November 22, 1840, son of William and Sarah (Blankeney) Fiske; grandson of Judge Haley Fiske, and descendant of Lord Symond Fiske of Suffolk, England. He was educated at Rutgers College; in 1858 he joined the staff of the New York Herald and accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of the American continent in 1860. He was called from the seat of war in 1862 to become dramatic critic for the New York Herald. He sailed to England in the international yacht race of 1866 on board the Henrietta. He was "Geribaldi's American" in the campaign before Rome. He became manager of the St. James theatre and the Royal English Opera company in London in 1868 and of the Fifth Avenue theatre in New York in 1878, and first introduced to the public Modjeska and Mary Anderson. He became a dramatic critic of the Spirit of Times in 1879. He was elected member of the Actors' fund of America the Society of American authors, the American dramatists' club, and other organizations.He published: English photographs (1870), Off hand portraits of Prominent New Yorkers (1884), Holiday Tales (1891) and is also author of the following plays: Corporeal Cartouche (1862), Martin Chuzzlerit (1863), My Noble Son-in-Law (1864), and Robert Rabagas (1872).
(The twentieth century biographical dictionary of notable Americans ... edited by Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown)
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In the 1870s, he met and began an affair with Mary Hewins Fox, which prompted Fox’s husband at the time, Mr. Burnham, to attempt to shoot and stab Fiske. Fiske survived and married Fox, who in 1877 gave birth to a son
(Miller, Douglass W. "Stephen Ryder Fiske." Dictionary of American Biography. Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale, 2006.)
Contributed by member (Taylor #47701928)
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