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As a church historian Professor Fisher's learning was comprehensive 

 and exact. He was a student of the broad field of his department of 

 knowledge rather than an investigator of limited topics, and his chief 

 historical works are of the nature of textbooks and literary surveys 

 rather than contributions to knowledge. They include a general 

 " History of the Christian Church," a " History of Christian Doctrine," 

 "The Beginnings of Christianity," a "History of the Reformation," 

 besides "Outlines of Universal History," and "Colonial History of 

 the United States." 



The distinction of Professor Fisher's personality and the charm of 

 his witty and delightful conversation will never be forgotten by those 

 who have enjoyed his companionship. 



James Hardy Ropes. 



REGINALD HEBER FITZ (1843-1913). 



Fellow in Class 11, Section 4, 1889. 



Reginald Heber Fitz was born in Chelsea May 5th, 1843, and died 

 in Brookline September 30th, 1913. His father was a native of 

 Boston and was for many years the secretary of Daniel Webster and 

 in the consular service of the United States. He was descended from 

 an old Portsmouth family of that name. 



Dr. Fitz was prepared for college in the Chauncy Hall School and 

 graduated from Harvard in the class of 1864. He began his medical 

 studies in Cambridge under Jeffries Wyman and graduated from the 

 Harvard Medical School in 1868. He was a house officer at the Boston 

 City Hospital from 1867-68. After receiving his medical degree he 

 went to Europe to complete his education and was one of the earlier 

 group of medical students who turned to the schools of Vienna and 

 Berlin for information as to what was newest in medical science in 

 that day. As a scholar of high standing all through his medical 

 curriculum and a pupil of Virchow and other great scientists of the 

 day he came home with a reputation already made to lead the way in 

 study and teaching of modern pathological anatomy. His promotion 

 was rapid and in 1878 he was made Shattuck Professor of Pathologi- 

 cal Anatomy, thus strengthening the Harvard Medical School in a 



