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Overview
Clarence L. Fisher was an archaeologist and Hamilton College alumnus (class of 1900), known for his excavations at major Near Eastern sites including Megiddo and Beth Shean under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania Museum.
Relevance to Research
Fisher appears in two issues of Hamilton Life. The April 22, 1931 issue mentions “Clarence Fisher, ‘32” sponsoring a dance at the Clinton Grange Hall with the college orchestra — however, this is likely a different Fisher (a student of the class of 1932, presumably a son or relative). The March 20, 1934 issue reports the upcoming marriage of “C. Ingals Fisher, ‘32, son of Clarence Fisher, ‘00, to Miss Marion Hughes,” which directly identifies Clarence Fisher as a Hamilton alumnus of the class of 1900 and the father of a Hamilton student.
Notes
The 1931 reference is to C. Ingals Fisher (class of 1932), not Clarence Fisher himself. The 1934 reference confirms Clarence Fisher’s class year (‘00) through the announcement of his son’s marriage. Clarence Fisher’s own archaeological career is not directly discussed in these corpus sources.
Related Sources
- hamilton-life-1931-04-22_djvu.txt
- hamilton-life-1934-03-20_djvu.txt