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British architect (1872–1918)
Edmund Fisher
Born 13 January 1872
Died 31 March 1918(1918-03-31) (aged 46 ) Nationality English Occupation Architect
Edmund Montagu Prinsep Fisher (13 January 1872 – 31 March 1918) was a British architect, the son of historian Herbert William Fisher . He died following service in France during World War I .
Biography [ edit ]
Fisher was born on 13 January 1872 in Onslow Square , Kensington , Middlesex , England,[1] the sixth of the eleven children of Herbert William Fisher (1826–1903) and his wife Mary Louisa (née Jackson) (1841–1916). His siblings included: H. A. L. Fisher , historian and Minister of Education; Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher , Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet ; Florence Henrietta, Lady Darwin , playwright and wife of Sir Francis Darwin (son of Charles Darwin ); and Adeline Vaughan Williams, wife of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams .
He was educated at Haileybury and trained as an architect in the office of Basil Champneys in London.[2] His distinctive architectural style showed a "singular talent for making his houses appear to grow out of the ground as natural parts of the surrounding scenery."[2] Much of his work was domestic, but he also designed more than twenty schools in Berkshire, including Wescott School and Alwyn County Infants' School, Maidenhead (demolished in 1997)[3] He also designed Wych Cross Place, the residence of his father-in-law Douglas Freshfield , during the early 1900s.[4] His more prominent works include the Maitland Building (1910–1911) and Hall (1912–1913) at Somerville College, Oxford ,[5] described as "unassertive but admirable",[6] and the Anglican Church of the Holy Trinity in Rome (now demolished).[2] [7]
War service and death [ edit ]
At the outbreak of World War I he was too old for active service, but he spent the summer of 1915 working as an orderly in the Hôpital Temporaire d'Arc-en-Barrois . The hospital had been set up in December 1914 as a temporary evacuation hospital for the French Army, and Fisher helped with X-ray work. He went on to complete his training for the Royal Field Artillery and was accepted for active service from 5 June 1917, serving in the fighting in the Ypres Salient and the Battle of Cambrai . He served as Second Lieutenant in the 36th Division (Ulster or Irish Division) , but suffered appendicitis on 17 January 1918 and was invalided home.[8] He died of peritonitis [9] on Easter Sunday 1918 and was buried in Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) churchyard.[8]
Personal life [ edit ]
On 6 June 1899 he married Janie Magdalene Freshfield[1] (20 September 1875 – c. 1964[10] ), daughter of Douglas Freshfield , and they had seven children.[2] Fisher was keen on country pursuits, and was also an admirable judge of painting and porcelain.[2]
Obituary [ edit ]
His obituary in The Times concludes[2]
In conversation he was pithy and humorous, in judgment always independent, in observation alert. The war has claimed no gentler or more spirited victim.
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f "Deaths." Times [London, England] 15 Apr. 1918: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 30 May 2012
^ "Wokingham Heritage Blue Plaque Trail" (PDF) . The Wokingham Society. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2012 .
^ "Wych Cross Place, Royal Tunbridge Wells, England" . Parks and Gardens Data Services Ltd. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012 .
^ Margaret Birney Vickery (1999). Buildings for Bluestockings: The Architecture and Social History of Women's Colleges in Late Victorian England . University of Delaware Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-87413-697-5 . Retrieved 30 May 2012 .
^ R. C. Whiting (1993). Oxford: Studies in the History of a University Town Since 1800 . Manchester University Press ND. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-0-7190-3057-4 . Retrieved 30 May 2012 .
^ "Mr Street, Architect and Churchman" . All Saints Church - Via del Babuino. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-05 .
^ a b "Casualty Details – Fisher, Edmund Montagu Prinsep" . CWGC – Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2012 .
^ "Copy correspondence of Herbert Douglas Fisher" . Modern Records Centre, University Library, University of Warwick. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012 .
^ "Deaths." Times [London, England] 1 Feb. 1964: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 30 May 2012
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edmund_Fisher_(architect)&oldid=1083821982 "
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