FISHER, Michael Montgomery, educator, born near Rockville, Indiana, 8 Oct,., 1834. He was graduated at Hanover College, Indiana, in 1855, and was chosen professor of Latin at Westminster College, Fulton, Mo. In 1860 he was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian Church tit Fulton, at the same time retaining his professorship. In 1870 he founded Independence female College, He was also the founder of Bellewood female College, near Louisville, Kentucky. In 1874 he returned to Westminster College, mid in 1877 became professor of Latin in the University of Missouri. He has published " The Three Pronunciations of Latin" (St. Louis, 1878; 3d ed., New York, 1884), and is also the author of an historical work on "Education," and is now (1887)engaged on a series of Latin Textbooks.