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Henry H. Fick
1849–1935
A German-born educator and writer who spent much of his life building bridges between German and American culture, he wrote poetry, children's books, and works for students while also becoming an important book collector.
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Hin und Her: Ein Buch für die Kinder
by Henry H. Fick
About the author
Born in Lübeck, Germany, in 1849, Henry H. Fick emigrated to the United States as a teenager and eventually settled in Cincinnati. There he became a teacher of German and later a well-known figure in German-American education and letters.
Fick wrote across several genres, including poetry, children's literature, and instructional works. Sources describing his life also note his deep interest in preserving German-American culture, an interest reflected in the remarkable library he assembled over many years.
That collection later became the foundation of a major German-Americana holding at the University of Cincinnati. He died in Chicago in 1935, remembered not only as an author, but also as an educator and cultural advocate.