Fish was born on December 7, 1883. Fish graduated from
Harvard College and then
Harvard Law School in 1908. Starting in 1908, he clerked for a year for
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. at the U.S. Supreme Court. Afterwards, he worked for Gaston, Snow & Saltonstall, and later his family patent law firm, Fish, Richardson & Neave, in Boston. In 1909, Fish joined the Massachusetts National Guard and served as captain in the 101st Field Artillery Regiment in France during
World War I. From 1930 to 1934 he was the commanding general of the
26th Infantry Division, also known as the Yankee Division. On February 18, 1942, Fish died at age 59 after he was hit by a taxicab driver in Boston. == See also ==