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Rudolph Fisher

1897 - 1934

Born in Washington, DC in the late nineteenth century, Fisher grew up in Providence, Rhode Island graduating from Classical High School and attending Brown University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Brown in 1919, where he delivered the valedictory address, and received a Master of Arts a year later.[citation needed] He went on to attend Howard University Medical School and graduated in 1924.

Fisher came to New York City in 1925 to take up a fellowship at College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, during which time he published two scientific articles of his research on treating bacteriophage viruses with ultraviolet light. Fisher married Jane Ryder in 1925, and they had one son, Hugh, who was born in 1926.

After his fellowship ended, Fisher had a private practice on Long Island. In 1930, he became superintendent of International Hospital, a black-owned private hospital on Seventh Avenue in Harlem, but the hospital went bankrupt in October 1931.

Fisher died after unsuccessful abdominal surgery in 1934 at the age of 37.

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  • Cover of: The conjure-man dies: a mystery tale of dark Harlem

    First published in 1932 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The walls of Jericho.

    First published in 1928 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1969 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The city of refuge: the collected stories of Rudolph Fisher

    First published in 1987 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cityofrefuge00fish
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  • Cover of: conjure-man dies, a mystery tale of dark Harlem.: Introd. by Stanley Ellin.

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Conjure Man Dies (Black Classics)

    First published in 1995 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The short fiction of Rudolph Fisher

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
African Americans, Fiction, Fiction, general, African americans, fiction, Harlem Renaissance, African American authors, American Authors, American Short stories, American fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Authors, American, Authors, american, Authors, biography, Biography, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Intellectual life, Physicians, Physicians, biography
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.), N.Y.) Harlem (New York, United States
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Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934)
Time
20th century, 19th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import