Kenneth Fisher
JP (18 July 1882 – 2 October 1945) was a British educator and ornithologist. He was headmaster of
Oundle School, an independent school in
Oundle, Northamptonshire, England, run by the
Worshipful Company of Grocers, from 1922 to 1945
Early life and education
Fisher was born in
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
, son of J. H. Fisher. He was educated at
Manchester Grammar School and
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...
as a
demy, and took a Ph.D. from the
University of Jena in
Germany before continuing his research at
Manchester University.
Career
He was senior science master at
Clifton College from 1909 to 1919, having managed a
Brunner Mond & Co munitions factory at
Northwich
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in Cheshire during the
First World War. From 1920 to 1922 he was senior science master at
Eton, where he reorganized science education, and then took over headmastership at Oundle, where he remained until 1945; his headmastership was reckoned "a period of considerable success", during which many new buildings were constructed at the school.
Kenneth Fisher died "suddenly at Oundle on 2 October 1946, two months after retiring from the headmastership of Oundle School".
Personal life
In 1911, Fisher married Isabel, daughter of James Boyd, of
Altrincham, Cheshire (now part of
Greater Manchester); they had three sons- the eldest being the naturalist
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- and a daughter. Fisher was an enthusiastic amateur ornithologist, studying amongst others the
marsh warbler
The marsh warbler (''Acrocephalus palustris'') is an Old World warbler currently classified in the family Acrocephalidae. It breeds in temperate Europe and the western Palearctic and winters mainly in southeast Africa. It is notable for incorpora ...
s at Clifton and
short-eared owls in
Northamptonshire, and contributing to ''
British Birds'' a piece on
goosanders seen at the
Staines Reservoirs
The Staines Reservoirs are two large pumped storage reservoirs sitting to the east of the King George VI Reservoir near Heathrow airport in Surrey within the Colne Valley regional park. The village of Stanwell is mainly to the north east, and ...
.
References
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1882 births
1945 deaths
20th-century English educators
People educated at Manchester Grammar School
Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
University of Jena alumni
Headmasters of Oundle School
Teachers at Eton College