Background
Fleisher, Benjamin Wilfrid was born on January 6, 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of late Simon B. and Cecilia (Hoffheimer) F.
Fleisher, Benjamin Wilfrid was born on January 6, 1870 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of late Simon B. and Cecilia (Hoffheimer) F.
Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1889.
Public and editor, The Japan Advertiser, daily newspaper, Tokyo, Japan, 1908-October 15, 1940, when paper was sold under duress to the Japan Times, daily owned by the Foreign Office of the Japanese government. Returned to the United States and retired from business. Was publisher and editor The Transport-Pacific (weekly review of far eastern affairs and developments), and president The Transport-Pacific Advertising and Service Bureau.
A founder, and general manager The China Press, Shanghai, China, 1911-1913.
Founder and first vice president American-Japan Society, Tokyo. Corresponding in Japan and for Far East at various times for leading newspapers and hews agencies.
Contributor to periodicals on Far Eastern subjects. Home: 2022 Columbia Road, North.W., Washington.
Married Marie Blanche Blum, March 26, 1896.