Fiske Warren

Frederick Fiske Warren (2 July 1862–2 February 1938) was a successful paper manufacturer, fine arts denizen and major supporter of Henry George's single tax system which he helped develop in Harvard, Massachusetts, United States, in the 1930s. He was the son of Samuel Dennis Warren and Susan Cornelia Warren of Beacon Hill, Boston, and the brother to U.S. Attorney Samuel D. Warren and to Edward Perry Warren.

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Early life

Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Fiske was raised in a mansion on 67 Mount Vernon Street[1] in Beacon Hill in Boston.[2] As part of a philanthropic and highly educated family, the Warren brothers and sisters all enjoyed tranquil childhoods growing up between the family homes in Boston and Waltham, also known as "Cedar Hill".[1]

Married life

On 14 May 1891 he married Gretchen Osgood Warren in Boston.[3] The Osgoods were a well-known Beacon Hill family that claimed a direct genealogical line to Anne Hutchinson and John Quincy Adams.[4] Their country house in Harvard, Massachusetts, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "The Mount Vernon Street Warrens" Martin Green, Simon & Schuster, 1989 ISBN 0-684-19109-1, pp 36-37.
  2. ^ "The Mount Vernon Street Warrens" Martin Green, Simon & Schuster, 1989 ISBN 0-684-19109-1, pp 47-48.
  3. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C01E4D8163AE533A25756C1A9639C94609ED7CF
  4. ^ "Erskine Childers" Jim Ring, John Murray Publishing, London 1996 ISBN 0-7195-5681-3, p81.

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