Sidney George Fisher

Sidney George Fisher
BornMarch 2, 1809
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedJuly 25, 1871
Richfield Springs, New York, US
Resting placeThe Woodlands (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
NationalityAmerican
EducationGermantown Academy, Dickinson College
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • farmer
  • author
  • diarist
  • essayist
  • poet
Known forHis diary covering the years 1834–1871, and also his 1862 book Trial of the Constitution
Political partyWhig
SpouseElizabeth Ingersoll Fisher (1815–1872)
ChildrenSydney George Fisher (1856–1927)

Sidney George Fisher (March 2, 1809 – July 25, 1871) was a Philadelphia lawyer, farmer, plantation owner, diarist, political essayist and occasional poet.[1]

  1. ^ Wainwright, Nicholas B. "Sidney George Fisher: The Personality of a Diarist", Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society; Worcester, Mass. Vol. 72, p. 15 (Jan 1, 1963).