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==Early life and education== Fish was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Guide to the Stanley Fish Papers|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt08701714/|access-date=August 25, 2013|website=Online Archive of California}}</ref> He was raised Jewish.<ref name="Tribune">{{cite news|last=McLane|first=Maureen|date=March 21, 1999|title=Stanley Fish: Paradox 101|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/03/21/stanley-fish-paradox-101/|access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref> His father, an immigrant from [[Poland]], was a plumber and contractor who made it a priority for his son to get a university education.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fish|first=Stanley|date=2008-11-02|title=Max the Plumber|url=https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/max-the-plumber/|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Opinionator|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="Tribune" /> Fish became the first member of his family to attend college in the US, earning a [[Bachelor's degree|B.A.]] from the [[University of Pennsylvania]] in 1959 and an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] from [[Yale University]] in 1960.<ref name="Law.fiu.edu">{{cite web|title=Stanley Fish|url=https://law.fiu.edu/directory/stanley-fish/|access-date=March 31, 2021|website=FIU Law}}</ref><ref>''The Journal of Blacks In Higher Education'' No. 30 (Winter, 2000-2001), pp. 44-46. [https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2679077?uid=3739656&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101893161731 "Stanley Fish Reels in a School of Black Scholars"]</ref> He completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1962, also at [[Yale University]].<ref name="Law.fiu.edu" />
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