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D. W. (Daniel Webster) Fisher
1838–1913
A Presbyterian minister, college president, and writer, he left behind an autobiography along with books on church unity and missionary work. His life connected faith, education, and public service in late 19th- and early 20th-century America.
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Calvin Wilson Mateer, forty-five years a missionary in Shantung, China : a biography
by D. W. (Daniel Webster) Fisher
About the author
Born in Pennsylvania in 1838, Daniel Webster Fisher became a Presbyterian clergyman and educator who was especially associated with Hanover College in Indiana, where he served as president for many years. Records from library catalogs and reference sources also show that he wrote A Human Life: An Autobiography with Excursuses.
Fisher's published work reached beyond memoir. He also wrote The Unification of the Churches: A Present Day Study and a biography of missionary Calvin Wilson Mateer, showing a strong interest in religion, education, and the wider work of the church.
He died in 1913. He is also remembered as the father of Walter L. Fisher, who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a detail that places his family within a broader American public story of the era.