Sep-17-06
 | | tamar: Mark Twain (born 1835) wrote of Fiske
in his Autobiography:
‘He was as dear and sweet a soul as I have ever known. His was a character which won friends for him, and whoso became his friend remained so, ever afterward.’ (from Edward Winter) Does anyone know the details of their acquaintance? |
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| Jun-05-09 | | myschkin: . . .
Bio: http://batgirl.atspace.com/Willard....
(by User: SBC) * "Journeys of a Bibliophile" (pdf)
http://www.library.cornell.edu/staf... (by Patrick J. Stevens) |
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Jun-05-09
 | | Calli: <tamar> asked "Does anyone know the details of their acquaintance?" They met in the 1870s. Fiske wound up restoring a villa and living in Florence, Italy. Clemens made extended tours and stays in Europe and around the turn of the century Fiske found nice place for him to stay right near him. They were neighbors for several years until Clemens wife died. This is what I remember, may not be 100% accurate. |
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Dec-02-09
 | | whiteshark: Quote of the Day
Ours is no bloody battle
With woe and horror fraught
Our joust is of a gentler kind
A measuring of Mind with Mind
A tournament of thought.
--- Willard Fiske |
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Oct-28-10
 | | vonKrolock: <"At each corner rose a lofty tower. In niches next these castellated towers stood huge statues of Knights and Bishops; while supporting either side of the grand entrance were great marble Caryatides representing a stately monarch and his queen. Ranged in front of this ornamented facade, as a sort of fence or protection, was a curious row of bronze foot-soldiers, eight in number."> and further <"We thereupon returned to the hall where I had first met Greco. Philidor and Stamma had by that time finished their game, and thinking to amuse them with a novelty from our side of the Styx, I called their attention to the Indian problem. Instantly the Syrian and his illustrious competitor, together with Ponziani, Brühl, Atwood, Verdoni, Bernard, and others, crowded round the board. While they were employed in attempting to discover the solution of this elaborate and beautiful enigma, I caught sight of a vacant table and quietly arranged Loyd's fine three-move position. "Here," said I, with an air of pride, "is another beautiful chess stratagem lately concocted among us mortals.> Two passages from <"Chess in Hades"> a text that appeared in Chess Monthly, February 1858 Newly reprinted online in http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/s... |
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Jan-26-16
 | | zanzibar: "severed all connections with Cornell University"???? <Fiske donated thousands of volumes to Cornell including a 1536 edition of the Divine Comedy that he purchased in April 1892 and directed to be sent directly to Cornell. The Fiske Dante Collection grew out of this acquisition and as of 2005 numbered approximately 10,000 volumes.[6]On September 17, 1904 Fiske died at Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is buried next to his wife Jennie McGraw Fiske in the elaborate crypt of Sage Chapel at Cornell University. Upon his death, Fiske left a bequest of 32,000 volumes, the Fiske Icelandic Collection, to Cornell [7] along with funds that Fiske had received from Jennie's estate.[8]> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa...
The man's remains are supposedly buried there!
(Not sure why wiki page headlines with "Willard Fiske" instead of "Daniel W. Fiske") Here's a view of some of the library he willed to Cornell upon his death: http://www.florin.ms/REX007_0016.jpg |
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Jan-26-16
| | zanzibar: Tell me there isn't some resemblance:
https://www.google.com/search?q="monty+woolley"&rlz=1C1TSND_enUS556US589&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X |
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Jan-26-16
| | zanzibar: Tell me there isn't some resemblance:
https://www.google.com/search?q=&QU... (this hack doesn't, it's even worse) Both " and " work here... accursed <CG> link hacks! |
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Apr-04-16
 | | Tabanus: There are lies and damn lies.
<In 1900, he founded the Reykjavik Chess Club.> That must rather be Petur Zophoniasson? <He was the editor of the first Icelandic chess magazine in 1901. It was published in Venice, Italy.> I doubt this is true. |
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| Apr-04-16 | | luftforlife: Willard Fiske bequeathed his Icelandic collection to Cornell University. Here's a link to the page from a Google e-book version of the Catalogue showing the chess volumes he bequeathed (including Zóphóníasson's <Kenslubók i skák> from 1906): https://books.google.com/books?id=r... |
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| Apr-04-16 | | luftforlife: From the Preface to the Catalogue:
"The Collection covered by this Catalogue was bequeathed to Cornell University by Willard Fiske, Professor of North-European languages and Librarian of the University from 1868 to 1883. He died on September 17th, 1904, and the Collection came to the University Library in the spring of 1905." Catalogue of the Icelandic Collection Bequeathed by Willard Fiske (Halldór Hermannsson, compiler) (Ithica: Cornell University Library 1914, publisher) (Norwood, Mass.: The Plimpton Press, printer), Preface at v. Here's a link:
http://books.googleusercontent.com/... |
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| Apr-04-16 | | luftforlife: Here's a link to Willard Fiske's Chess in Iceland and in Icelandic Literature (Florence: The Florentine Typographical Society 1905): https://books.google.com/books?id=8... |
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Apr-04-16
| | Tabanus: <He first visited Iceland in 1885> He once visited Iceland, in 1879. |
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Apr-04-16
 | | Bobby Fiske: Hmmm, it seems I have to re-check my family tree. |
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May-31-16
| | Tabanus: http://timarit.is/view_page_init.js... is the link to Þjóðólfur, 15 Feb 1901, p. 31, which reports on the foundation of the Reykjavik Chess Club (6 October 1900), and gives the game Thoroddsen vs Zophoniasson (submitted). Fiske is mentioned as a donator to the club. Very poor translation: "He has sent the club a lot of gifts: Books for up to approximately 300 Kronor, 90 Kronor in cash, 7 fine boards, 5 pocket boards, 2 awards (12 Kr. each), other things displayed in the Deutsche Schachzeitung, the first "problem" is displayed there, 6 --- scrapbooks, etc." The game and the story is also in Morgunblaðið , 26 March 1969, p. 10: http://timarit.is/view_page_init.js... And https://books.google.no/books?redir... (I can't read that) |
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Nov-11-16
 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Daniel Fiske. |
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Nov-11-16
 | | offramp: By using various capitals and punctuation it is possible to make a very funny sentence from his name. |
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| Nov-13-16 | | Big Pawn: Happy belated Columbus Day, Daniel Fiske. |
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