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Alan Fisher (other)
Alan Fisher may refer to: * Alan Fisher (broadcast journalist), Scottish broadcast journalist * Alan Fisher (trade unionist) (1922–1988), British trade unionist * Alan Fisher (architect) (1905–1978), American architect * Allan George Barnard Fisher Allan George Barnard Fisher (26 Oct 1895 in Christchurch, New Zealand – 8 January 1976 in London, England) was a New Zealand-born economist. Perhaps his most notable contribution was to investigate economic development in terms of the sequent ... (1895–1976), New Zealand born economist * Alan Fisher (biker), British Hells Angel leader {{hndis, Fisher, Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Fisher (broadcast Journalist)
Alan Fisher is a Scottish broadcast journalist and war correspondent. For many years he worked at GMTV, but now works for international news channel Al Jazeera English, where he is a senior correspondent at the broadcast centre in Washington, D.C. Early life Fisher was born in Motherwell in Scotland and attended Dalziel High School. He studied journalism at what was then Napier College in Edinburgh. He later graduated with an M.A. from the University of Leicester, where he wrote his thesis on the work of war correspondents. Career Fisher began his career writing for his local newspaper ''The Motherwell Times'' and broadcasting on Hospital Radio Law while still at High school. He also appeared as a panelist on a BBC Scotland Sunday afternoon current affairs for teenagers called "The Sunday Club". His first job was at Moray Firth Radio in 1983. And then North Sound Radio before he moved to what was then Grampian TV (now STV North) and then Scottish TV before moving to GMTV, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Fisher (trade Unionist)
Alan Fisher (20 June 1922 – 20 March 1988) was a British trade unionist. Born in Birmingham, Fisher spent his entire working life at the National Union of Public Employees, serving as General Secretary from 1968 to 1982. This was a period of rapid growth for the union and included the Winter of Discontent. In 1981, he served as President of the Trades Union Congress. , References External links Catalogue of Fisher's papers held at the |
Alan Fisher (architect)
Alan Berney Fisher (1905, Denver 1978) was an American architect based in Denver, Colorado, working primarily for the firm of Fisher & Fisher founded by his father. He was active in historic preservation in the state. In 1892, the firm that became Fisher and Fisher was founded by Alan Fisher's father, William Ellsworth Fisher. In 1907 the firm became "Fisher and Fisher" when William's brother, Arthur Addison Fisher, joined and it continued until Alan Fisher's death in 1978. Throughout the firm worked on dozens of notable buildings. Of 67 existing buildings in Denver credited to the Fisher firm, 50 are individually listed, within districts, or have been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places; three quarters of the firm's identifiable remaining work in the city. This makes this architectural firm's legacy unsurpassed by any other in Colorado. Rodney Davis was part of the firm for 11 years beginning in 1956, after which Alan Fisher partnered with John D. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan George Barnard Fisher
Allan George Barnard Fisher (26 Oct 1895 in Christchurch, New Zealand – 8 January 1976 in London, England) was a New Zealand-born economist. Perhaps his most notable contribution was to investigate economic development in terms of the sequential dominance of different sectors of the economy: the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors (three-sector theory).Hogan, W. 2002, 'A.G.B. Fisher: Trans-Tasman Economist', ''History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Conference in History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Conference''. Biography Allan was born in New Zealand but moved with his parents to Australia, where he attended the Scotch College and the University of Melbourne. From 1916 to early 1918, Allan served in the Australian Army at the 14th Australian General Hospital at Cairo and Port Said, later moving to Palestine and spending 5 months on the Jaffa-Jerusalem road with the Australian 5th Camel Corps Field Ambulance. On his return to the University of Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
