Born: 1879, Died: 1920
Married: Caroline Kuntz
William Fischer was the son of J.B. Fischer, noted local butcher and meat market owner. William attended St. Jerome’s College and then the medical school at the University of Western Ontario where he graduated as a doctor at age 19. After entering St. Joseph’s Hospital in London in 1902 as an intern, he come to Waterloo in 1904 to begin his career. For the first seven years he became associated with Dr. Webb in his practice on Erb St. E. In 1908 William married Caroline Kuntz, daughter of brewery owner Louis Kuntz. About 1911, they moved to a large red brick home on the corner of King St. N. and Bridgeport Rd. where William carried on a successful practice of his own. In 1918 he was appointed Medical Director for Mutual Life Assurance Company. He was very interested in literature, not only in reading for relaxation but he is credited with writing several volumes of verse and prose. At the age of 40, he discovered signs of cancer and, despite visits to the Mayo Clinic, his prominent medical career was cut short with his death in 1920.
Sources:
"Funeral", Waterloo Chronicle, August 19, 1920
Waterloo Chronicle, June 11, 1908
London Free Press, November 16, 1907 (The Toiler and other Press)
Notice of Death, August, 16, 1920 The Globe, Toronto.
Dr Alexander[unclear] D. Campbell, "Doctors in Waterloo 1852-1920"
Dr. William Fischer Biography
Description
- Creator
- Little, Ellis, Author
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Articles
- Description
- This is a handwritten biography of William Fischer from the Ellis Little Papers. This biography has been transcribed exactly as written. Ellis Little was a local historian, who was the principal of Elizabeth Ziegler Public School.On his retirement, he invested much of his time in researching and writing about Waterloo's history. The Ellis Little Papers consist of extensive notes, papers and historical works.
- Notes
- To see the original document please visit the Ellis Little Local History Room at the Main Branch of the Waterloo Public Library
- Date Of Event
- 1879-1920
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Fischer, John B. ; Kuntz, Caroline ; Kuntz, Louis ; Fischer, William
- Corporate Name(s)
- Mutual Life Assurance Company
- Local identifier
- ELP 51.57 and ELP 63.43.13
- Collection
- Ellis Little Papers: Men and Women of Our Past
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original
- Ellis Little Papers
- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
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