Lewis R. Fiske

Lewis Ransom Fiske (December 24,^[1] 1825 – February 14, 1901) was an educator from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as president pro tempore of the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan (now Michigan State University) from 1859 to 1862 and as president of Albion College from 1877 to 1898. Fiske sometimes spelled his name Fisk.^[2]

^ MSU Archives give Fiske's birth date as December 22. Three sources, Barnard, Chapman Brothers, and the Evening News Associates, give the date as December 24. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography as provided by Albion College gives the date as December 25.
^ From the MSU Archives: "A note on the spelling of Fiske's name: The correct spelling is Fiske, but for a period of his life that included his tenure at the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, he spelled it Fisk. He apparently did this to avoid confusion by some who thought Fiske was a misspelling of Fisher."

[birth-1] MSU Archives give Fiske's birth date as December 22. Three sources, Barnard, Chapman Brothers, and the Evening News Associates, give the date as December 24. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography as provided by Albion College gives the date as December 25.

[2] From the MSU Archives: "A note on the spelling of Fiske's name: The correct spelling is Fiske, but for a period of his life that included his tenure at the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, he spelled it Fisk. He apparently did this to avoid confusion by some who thought Fiske was a misspelling of Fisher."

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