Willard Fiske

Willard Fiske was an American linguist, chess player, librarian, book collector, editor and writer (1831–1904). He was born at Ellisburg and died at Frankfurt.

Also recorded as Daniel Willard Fiske.

Willard Fiske in brief

Born
1831
Died
1904
Known for
linguist, chess player, librarian, book collector, editor, writer and scandinavian studies scholar
Place of birth
Ellisburg
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Daniel Willard Fiske. His recorded language was English.

He married Jennie McGraw.

Catalogued works

40 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1882 to 2007.

Books Printed in Iceland, 1578-1844: [first]-fourth Supplement to the British Museum Catalogue, dated 1886. All about Postal Matters in Egypt. Iceland's literary establishments. Icelandic books of the xvith century. J. A Romanized alphabet of the vulgar Arabic spoken in Egypt. The Reverend Lewis Rou. The story of the Psi Upsilon. Nokkur skákdæmi og tafllok. Das heutige isländische Schachspiel. Books printed in Iceland 1578-1844. Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic literature. Petrarch bibliographies. Bibliographical notices. Deutsches Lesebuch für die unteren Klassen der Cornell-Universität. Hand-list of Petrarch editions in the Florentine public libraries. Francis Petrarch's treatise De remediis utriusque fortunae. [Catalogue of the Rhaeto-Romanic collection presented to the library by Willard Fiske]. Books printed in Iceland 1578-1884. Mímir. Eṣ ṣaijâd we ibnoh. [An Egyptian alphabet] agrûmyja masry maktûba bil lisân el masry we macha amsila. Chess in Iceland and in Icelandie Literature, with Historical Notes on Other Table-games, dated 1905. Agrûmyja maṣry maktûba bil lisân el maṣry, dated 1904. An Egyptian post office list in the Egyptian language, dated 1898. Asâmy makâtib el bôsta fy Masr bil lisân el masry, dated 1898. Book-collections in Iceland, dated 1903. A catalogue of Petrarch books, dated 1882. Catalogue of the Petrarch Collection Bequeathed by Willard Fiske, dated 2007. Chess tales & chess miscellanies, dated 1912. Constitutional changes in Iceland, dated 1903. Kilmât ʻaraby merattibe ʻala ḥasab tartyb alifbê, dated 1893. The lost manuscript of the Reverend Lewis Rou's 'Critical remarks upon the Letter to the Craftsman on the game of chess', dated 1902. Memorials, dated 1920. On the death of Abraham Lincoln, dated 1903. Memorials of Willard Fiske, dated 1920. An Egyptian alphabet for the Egyptian people, dated 1897. Catalogue of the Rhaeto-Romanic Collection, dated 1894. Library Bulletin of Cornell University. The book of the first American chess congress.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Fiske, Daniel Willard (1831-1904), librarian and book collector, American National Biography Online, 2000. <i>Cornell University Library. Catalogue of the Petrarch Collection Bequeathed by Willard Fiske</i>. Mary Fowler , Willard Fiske, Modern Philology, 1918. Catalogue of the Icelandic Collection Bequeathed by Willard Fiske. Additions 1913-26., Modern Language Notes, 1928. WILLARD FISKE AND ICELANDIC BIBLIOGRAPHY, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 1918. WILLARD FISKE AS A BIBLIOGRAPHER, The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 1918.

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Fyrsta Bók Móse (Genesis): Í nýrri pýdingu eftir frumtextanum (1899) — Internet Archive. Devotiuns per catholics fideivels (1842) — Internet Archive. Oraziuns e cuortas instrucziuns oravon per ils affons de scola (1847) — Internet Archive. Ortografia et ortoëpia del idiom romauntsch d'Engiadin'ota: compiledas per ... (1857) — Internet Archive. Additions to the Rhaeto-Romantic Collection (1896) — Internet Archive. Rhetoromanska språkets dialekter (1853) — Internet Archive. An Egyptian Alphabet for the Egyptian People (1897) — Internet Archive. A Catalogue of Petrarch Books (1882) — Internet Archive. Mímir: Icelandic Institutions with Addresses (1903) — Internet Archive. Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature: With Historical Notes on Other ... (1905) — Internet Archive. Jóachim Fridrik Horsters agrip af historium Heilagrar Ritningar, med vidbætir: sem inniheldur ... (1837) — Internet Archive. Islandica : an annual relating to Iceland and the Fiske Icelandic Collection in Cornell University Library (1908) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Willard Fiske studied at Uppsala University, Hamilton College and Cazenovia College. the recorded working language is English.

Employment is recorded with Cornell University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Distinctions recorded are American Library Association Honorary Membership.

Chronology

  1. 1831Willard Fiske born at Ellisburg.
  2. 1842Devotiuns per catholics fideivels digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1847Oraziuns e cuortas instrucziuns oravon per ils affons de scola digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1853Rhetoromanska språkets dialekter digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1857Ortografia et ortoëpia del idiom romauntsch d'Engiadin'ota: compiledas per ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1886Books Printed in Iceland, 1578-1844: [first]-fourth Supplement to the British Museum Catalogue.
  7. 1896Additions to the Rhaeto-Romantic Collection digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1899Fyrsta Bók Móse (Genesis): Í nýrri pýdingu eftir frumtextanum digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1904Willard Fiske died at Frankfurt.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Willard Fiske”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2047315: Willard Fiske

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