DR. JAMES TUCKER FISHER (February 22, 1864 - September 1, 1951) was a pioneer in psychiatry.
Born in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, in 1864 to James and Eliza Fisher, Dr. Fisher studied psychiatry i...view moreDR. JAMES TUCKER FISHER (February 22, 1864 - September 1, 1951) was a pioneer in psychiatry.
Born in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, in 1864 to James and Eliza Fisher, Dr. Fisher studied psychiatry in Vienna, Austria under Sigmund Freud and for more than 50 years specialized in the study of psychosomatic medicine—even travelling to Peru at the age of 82 to learn more in this specialised field.
He was married to Grace Medbury Fisher, and together the couple had a son, Richard James Fisher.
Dr. Fisher died in 1951 at the age of 87.view less