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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] 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] [2] Wescott School and Alwyn County Infants' School, Maidenhead (demolished in 1997)[3] Douglas Freshfield , during the early 1900s.[4] Somerville College, Oxford ,[5] [6] [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] peritonitis [9] Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) churchyard.[8]
Personal life [ edit ]
On 6 June 1899 he married Janie Magdalene Freshfield[1] [10] Douglas Freshfield , and they had seven children.[2] [2]
Obituary [ edit ]
His obituary in The Times [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 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 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
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