Background
Steven Roger was born on September 8, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Dick Marvin Fischer and Wanda Noreen (Graham) Fischer.
2014 Waiheke Island
2014 Waiheke Island
2019 Petone, NZ
1990 Ueberlingen, Germany
1965, Torrance, California
2013 Ueberlingen, Germany
2014 Wellington, Royal Society
2009 Meersburg, Germany
1989, Ueberlingen, Germany, with Dagmar
1999 Ueberlingen, Germany
1962, South High School, Torrance, California
2015 Waiheke Island
1999 Ueberlingen, Germany
2018 Waiheke Island
2018 Wellington, NZ
1957 Kadena, Okinawa, with father and sister Nanci
1963, South High School, Torrance, California, with Sue Brown
1990 Ueberlingen, Germany
1965 Graduation Photo South High School, Torrance, California
Imperial Palace, Tokyo, 1956
historian linguist philologist author
Steven Roger was born on September 8, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Dick Marvin Fischer and Wanda Noreen (Graham) Fischer.
Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969—1973.
University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1968-1969.
California State University at Long Beach, 1966-1968.
University of California at Santa Barbara, 1965.
South High School, Torrance, California, 1961-1965.
Meadowpark Elementary School, Torrance, California, 1958-1961.
Kadena Elementary School, Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Japan, 1956-1958.
Custer Elementary School, Lakewood, Washington, 1954-1956.
Kentwood Elementary School, Westchester, California, 1952-1954.
Director Institute of Polynesian Langs & Lits, Auckland, New Zealand, since 1995--2015. Editor Rongorongo Studies, New Zealand, 1991—2004. Vice president Easter Is. Foundation, Los Osos, California, 1990—2000. National Chairman, NZ Essential Tremor Support Group, 2013--present.
Achievements include decipherment of ancient Crete's Phaistos Disk (1984) and decipherment of Easter Island's rongorongo script (1993).
Author: Rongorongo: The Easter Island Script, Glyphbreaker, Meersburg im Mittelalter, A History of Language, A History of Writing, A History of Reading, A History of the Pacific Islands, Island at the End of the World, Islands--From Atlantis to Zanzibar, The Dream in the Middle High German Epic, The Complete Medieval Dream Book, Das Somniarium, Evidence for Hellenic Dialect in the Phaistos Disk. Editor: Easter Island Studies, An Essay Toward a Dictionary and Grammar (Marquesas), Leo Pasifika, Possessive Markers in Central Pacific Languages, Oceanic Voices--European Quills.
Quotes from Steven Roger Fischer
“What music is to the spirit, reading is to the mind.”
“Writing freezes the moment,
Reading is forever.”
“May we love in those among us
What we loved in those we’ve lost.”
“True power lies in kindness.”
"Humanity has no sides."
"Life's best prescription is a happy disposition."
"History is humankind's most convenient myth."
“History is not made of if’s.”
“The farther it flows from its source, the river swells.”
“Applied information is knowledge.
Applied knowledge is understanding.
Applied understanding is wisdom”
“As the past grows, does the future shrink?”
“Coincidence only happens in fiction.”
“Little concrete men,
Row after row:
Where have they been,
Where did they go?”
“Christmas is a time to share
Joy with those for whom we care,
Peace with each and every nation,
Love with all of God’s creation.”
“Learning new words
Is making new friends.”
“We are pure souls who, in turns,
Eat brief lives of earth.”
“Youth has all the answers while age has all the questions.”
“Until you find the anarchist inside,
You’ll not have found your art.”
“Myth is timeless Truth;
Fact—a mortal Fiction.”
“Consciousness is the management of cognitive recursion.”
“Exit content,
Return intent.”
Steven married to Dagmar Sieglinde Ehrke on January 24, 1969.
