Richard Thornton Fisher

Background

Fisher, Richard Thornton was born on November 9, 1876 in Brooklyn. Son of Edward Thornton and Ellen Bowditch (Thayer) Fisher.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1898. Yale Forest School, 1901-1902, Master of Forestry, 1902. Honorary Master of Science, Yale University, 1929.

Studied forestry in Germany, May-September 1903.

Career

Field collector for United States Biological Survey, 1898. Attached to the United States bureau of Forestry (now United States Forest Service), 1899-1901. With United States Forest Service, 1902-1903, September 1903-February 1904.

Chairman Department of Forestry, Harvard, since 1904.

Director Harvard Forest, since 1908.

Achievements

• Richard Thornton Fisher has been listed as a noteworthy forester by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Society American Foresters, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Georgina Paine, July 1913. Children: Richard Thornton, Anne, Faith, Charles Paine, John Bryant.

Father:

Edward Thornton Fisher

Mother:

Ellen Bowditch (Thayer) Fisher

Spouse:

Georgina Paine

child:

Anne Fisher

child:

John Bryant Fisher

child:

Charles Paine Fisher

child:

Richard Thornton Fisher

child:

Faith Fisher