Background
Fiske, Horace Spencer was born on November 4, 1859 in Dexter, Michigan, United States. Son of Review John Billings and Mary (Gregory) Fiske.
Fiske, Horace Spencer was born on November 4, 1859 in Dexter, Michigan, United States. Son of Review John Billings and Mary (Gregory) Fiske.
Bachelor of Arts, Beloit College, 1882, Master of Arts, 1885. Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1885.
Instructor Greek, Latin and English literature, Beloit College Academy, 1886-1887. Professor political economy and civics, Wisconsin State Normal School, 1887-1893. Elected to fellowship in English, University of Wisconsin, 1892.
Student university of Oxford and Cambridge, England, and Trinity College, Dublin, 1893-1894.
Lecturer on English literature, extension division, University of Chicago, 1894-1912. Represented Wisconsin in Inter-State Oratorical Contest, Indianapolis, 1882.
Joint editor State Readers of Indiana, 1899. Literature editor The World Review, Chicago, 1901-1902.
Assistant recorder University of Chicago, 1903-1912.
Editor University Record, 1903-1914. Associate editor University of Chicago Magazine, 1908-1914. Publication Department, University of Chicago Press, 1912-1924.
Public Relations Office, University of Chicago, 1924-1930.
Trustee Eagle’s Nest Camp Association, Oregon, Illinois (organization of artists and authors). Author: The Ballad of Manila Bay and Other Verse, 1900.
Provincial Types in American Fiction, 1903. Chicago in Picture and Poetry, 1903.
Poems on the University of Chicago, 1914.
In Stratford and the Plays, 1917. Ballads of Peace and War, 1918, Poems on Chicago and Illinois, 1927. Contributor to various anthologies.
Founded The John Billings Fiske prize in poetry, at University of Chicago, 1919.
Married Ida Peck Nettleton, June 22, 1889.