Novelist Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Living place: Lawrence

Birthday: 17-2-1879

Global rank: #76495

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Who is Novelist Dorothy Canfield Fisher?
An influential educational reformer and best-selling author, she published novels such as Betsy Understood (1917) and Seasoned Wood (1939). An advocate of the Montessori method of education, she published a number of non-fiction books working on the subject.
She has written numerous columns for publications such as Outlook and Harper's Bazaar.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She was studying in Rome in 1911 when a visit to several children's schools powered by Maria Montessori inspired her to recreate the Montessori method in the United States.

Family life info

She was born in Lawrence, Kansas. Her father, James Hulme Canfield, is the president of Ohio State University.

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She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the United States.

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When was Novelist Dorothy Canfield Fisher born?
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born in 17-2-1879, death year is , at the age of 145.
Where is Novelist Dorothy Canfield Fisher's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born in Lawrence, Kansas- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Dorothy Canfield Fisher's global rank is 76495 and whose rank is 859 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1879 and 17-2

Birthday Dorothy Canfield Fisher (17-2) in history

  • Day 17-2 year 1600: Italian philosopher and Dominican friar Giordano Bruno were burned alive by a Catholic court after being convicted of heresy. He is also known as an alchemist and proponent of the Copernican theory.
  • Day 17-2 year 1801: The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.
  • Day 17-2 year 1817: Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.
  • Day 17-2 year 1864: The Confederate submarine Hunley , equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union's ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.
  • Day 17-2 year 1904: Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly premiered in Milan.
  • Day 17-2 year 1972: President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.
  • Day 17-2 year 1996: Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.
  • Day 17-2 year 2008: Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
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