R. G. (Robert Gershom) Fitch (1846-1915) was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Williams College (1870), he embarked on a career in journalism, first working at the Springfield Republican until 1872, when he joined the Boston Post. In 1881, he was promoted to editor-in-chief, a position he held until 1885. In 1886, he was appointed to the Boston Board of Fire Commissioners by Mayor Hugh O'Brien, a position Fitch held until 1895 when he joined the editorial staff of the Boston Transcript. Fitch held the position of associate-editor at the Boston Transcript until his passing.

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