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Fysh
Fysh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Philip Fysh (1835–1919), an Australian politician *Hudson Fysh (1895–1974), an Australian aviator and businessman *Marcus Fysh (born 1970), a British politician *Carl Fysh, a member of British boy band Brother Beyond See also * Fish (surname) *Fisch (surname) Fisch is a German language occupational surname, which means "fisherman" or "fish seller", derived from the Middle High German ''visch'', meaning "fish".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Fisch Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Ret ... {{surname, Fysh Surnames from nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson Fysh
Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh, KBE, DFC (7 January 18956 April 1974) was an Australian aviator and businessman. A founder of the Australian airline company Qantas, Fysh was born in Launceston, Tasmania. Serving in the Battle of Gallipoli and Palestine Campaign as a lieutenant of the Australian Light Horse Brigade, Fysh later became an observer and gunner to Paul McGinness in the AFC. He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross during the aftermath of the war for his services to aerial warfare. Fysh, alongside Paul McGinness and Sir Fergus McMaster started Qantas in 1920. Despite government ownership, Fysh became managing director and chairman of Qantas. A committee member of the International Air Transport Association, he became president of the organisation in 1960. He was also one of the founders of the Australian National Travel Association, now known as the Australian Tourist Commission, a member of the Royal Aeronautical and British Interplanetary society, the Institute o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Fysh
Marcus John Hudson Fysh (born 8 November 1970) is a British politician and former investment manager who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yeovil since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports from September 2022 until 27 October 2022. Fysh was a supporter of Leave Means Leave, a pro-Brexit lobby group; he campaigned to leave the European Union (EU) in the 2016 referendum. He is a regular contributor to ''The Telegraph'' as well as writing a weekly column in the ''Western Gazette''. Early life and career Fysh was born on 8 November 1970 in Australia. His family moved to the UK when he was three. He was educated at Winchester College, a boarding independent school for boys in Winchester, Hampshire. He went on to study literature at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Prior to his election he ran companies in the agriculture and healthcare sectors, after working for Mercury Asset Management specialising i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Fysh
Sir Philip Oakley Fysh (1 March 1835 – 20 December 1919) was an English-born Australian politician. He arrived in Tasmania in 1859 and became a leading merchant in Hobart. He served two terms as premier of Tasmania (1877–1878, 1887–1892) and became a leader of the colony's federation movement. He subsequently won election to the new federal House of Representatives (1901–1910) and was invited to represent Tasmania in the first federal ministry, serving as minister without portfolio (1901–1903) and Postmaster-General (1903–1904). Early life Fysh was born in Highbury, London, the son of John Fysh and his wife Charlotte. He was educated at the Denmark Hill school in Islington. At 13 years of age, Fysh commenced work in a London stockbroker's office, then he obtained a position in the office of a shipping firm, L. Stevenson & Sons, with Australian connections. Fysh migrated to Tasmania in 1859, becoming a leading merchant (establishing P. O. Fysh and Company), hop-gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brother Beyond
Brother Beyond were a British pop band who had success in the pop rock genre in the late 1980s. Biography The group's first four singles, "I Should Have Lied", "How Many Times", "Chain-Gang Smile" (produced by Don Was), and an early version of "Can You Keep a Secret?", were written by band members Eg White, and David Ben White in collaboration with Carl Fysh. The songs were also performed together by the band members, led by vocalist Nathan Moore. These early singles, released between 1986 and 1988, were minor chart successes in the UK Singles Chart. When the songwriters and producers Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, known as Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), auctioned off their services to charity, Brother Beyond and label EMI won the auction. The first song to be released from this session was "The Harder I Try", a UK No. 2 hit. The song was succeeded by the song " He Ain't No Competition", getting to No. 6 in the UK. The following releases from the '' Get Even'' album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish (surname)
Fish is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Fish (1870–1936), American serial killer, rapist, and cannibal * Albert Fish (politician) (1922–2006), British-Canadian politician * Amanda Fish, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist * Anne Harriet Fish (1890–1964), British cartoonist and illustrator * Bert Fish (1875–1943), American judge and ambassador * Bob Fish, American race car owner * Bobby Fish (born 1976), American professional wrestler * Calvin Fish (born 1961), British racing driver and commentator * Curtis Fish (Curt Fish), American curler * Christopher Fish (born 1993), Swedish professional ice hockey player * Farnum Fish (1896–1978), American aviator * Fred Fish (1952–2007), American computer programmer * Frederick Perry Fish (1855–1930), American lawyer * Graeme Fish (born 1997), Canadian speed skater * Hamilton Fish (other), multiple people * Henry Fish (1838–1897), British-New Zealand polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisch (surname)
Fisch is a German language occupational surname, which means "fisherman" or "fish seller", derived from the Middle High German ''visch'', meaning "fish".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Fisch Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 21 January 2016. The name may refer to: *Arline Fisch (born 1931), American artist *Asher Fisch (born 1958), Israeli conductor *Bernhard Fisch (1926–2020), German writer *Edith Fisch (1923–2006), American legal scholar *Erika Fisch (1934–2021), German athlete *Hans Ulrich Fisch (1583–1647), Swiss painter * Isidor Fisch (1905–1934), German associate of Bruno Hauptmann *Jill Fisch, American professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School *Jedd Fisch (born 1976), American football coach * Klaus Fisch (1893–1975), German painter *Menachem Fisch (born 1948), Israeli philosopher *Richard Fisch Richard Fisch (1926–2011) was an American psychiatrist best known for his pioneering work in brief therapy. Dick F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
