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(1879-1958) Novelist and juvenile writer. Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born in Lawrence, Kansas. She graduated from Ohio State in 1899, and received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1904. Her novels include “The Bent Twig” (1915), “The Deepening Stream” (1930), “Seasoned Timber” (1939), and “Four-Square” (1949). She also wrote short stories; “Vermont Tradition” (1953), personal views of Vermont life; and several notable juvenile books including “Understood Betsy” (1916) and “Something Old Something New” (1949).

Full Name

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1879

BIRTH

Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1879.

1904

OTHER

Fisher received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York City.

1907

LITWORK

Gunhild


Novel.

1912

LITWORK

Squirrel Cage

1915

LITWORK

The Bent Twig


Novel.

1916

LITWORK

Understood Betsy


Juvenile book

1921

LITWORK

The Brimming Cup

1930

LITWORK

The Deepening Stream


Novel.

1939

LITWORK

Seasoned Timber


Novel.

1949

LITWORK

Four-Square


Novel.

1949

LITWORK

Something Old Something New


Juvenile book.

1953

LITWORK

Vermont Tradition


Personal views of Vermont life.

1958

DEATH

Dorothy Canfield Fisher died in Arlington, Vermont in 1958.

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