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	John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher - Definition, explanation
		Fisher was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) to an English family, the eldest of eleven children.
		Fisher was superintendent of the dockyard at Portsmouth for a few months in 1891–1892 after which he became Third Sea Lord, the naval officer with overall responsibility for provision of ships and equipment.
		Fisher was knighted in 1894 and put in charge of the North Atlantic and West Indies station in 1897 before heading the British delegation to the First Hague Peace Convention.
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	Jackie Fisher
		John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (1841-1920), commonly known as "Jackie" Fisher, was a British admiral.
		Fisher was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) to an English family, and joined the navy in 1854.
		Admiral Fisher was a close personal friend of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
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	Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fisher was superintendent of the dockyard at Portsmouth for a few months in 1891–1892 after which he became Third Sea Lord, the naval officer with overall responsibility for provision of ships and equipment.
		Fisher was brought to the admirality to reduce the naval budgets, and to reform the navy for a modern war.
		A reference to Jackie Fisher was hidden as an encrypted message, the Smithy code, by Mr Justice Peter Smith in the April 2006 judgment on the Da Vinci Code plagiarism case.
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	Fisher John Arbuthnot 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Fisher, John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (1841-1920), admiral who commanded the British navy during World War I (1914-1918).
		John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher; 1841 – 1920: Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Fisher: Place of birth: Ceylon: Place of death: Kilverstone, Norfolk
		Fisher, Admiral John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone.
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	Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher at AllExperts
		Fisher was superintendent of the dockyard at Portsmouth for a few months in 1891–1892 after which he became Third Sea Lord, the naval officer with overall responsibility for provision of ships and equipment.
		Fisher was brought to the admirality to reduce the naval budgets, and to reform the navy for a modern war.
		Fisher's policy with regards to Dreadnoughts has often been misunderstood; it was not a class of ship which he favoured, as his time as admiral of the Mediterranean fleet had taught him the vulnerability of slow big gun ships to mines, torpedoes and submarines.
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	Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His father was Captain William Fisher, a British Army officer and aide-de-camp to the governor of Ceylon.
		Fisher was sent to England to join the navy in 1854.
		Fisher's life is celebrated in the folk song "Old Admirals" by the Scottish singer Al Stewart.
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	Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher Summary
		Fisher was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to an English family, the eldest of eleven children.
		He was created Baron Fisher, of Kilverstone in the County of Norfolk, in 1909 (taking the motto "Fear God and dread nought" on the coat of arms as a reference to Dreadnought), just before his retirement in 1910.
		A reference to Jackie Fisher was hidden as an encrypted message, the Smithy code, by Mr Justice Peter Smith in the April 2006 judgment on the Da Vinci Code plagiarism case.
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	Jackie_fisher,_1st_baron_fisher info here at en.16-yo.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fisher was superintendent of the dockyard at Portsmouth for a rare months in 1891â“1892 after which he became Third Sea Lord, the naval officer with global onus for provision of ships & equipment.
		Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher In folklore & hip culture In folklore & hip culture Fisher's vigor is celebrated in the folk ballad "Old Admirals" by the Scottish singer Al Stewart.
		A opening to Jackie Fisher was mystical as an encrypted message, the Smithy code, by Mr Justice Peter Smith in the April 2006 judgment on the Da Vinci Code plagiarism case.
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	John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He was made a baron in 1909 (taking the motto "Fear God and dread nought" on the coat of arms as a reference to Dreadnought) just before his retirement in 1910.
		Fisher had opposed to the campaign from the outset, preferring an amphibious attack on the German Baltic Sea coastline, even having shallow draft battlecruisers such as Furious and Courageous constructed for it.
		Fisher was made chairman of the Government's Board of Invention and Research, serving in that post until the end of the war.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
		Fisher was sent to England to live with an aunt because his family could not support all their children, he joined the navy in 1854 age 13.
		Lord Fisher was never entirely enthusiastic about the campaign -- going back and forth in his support to the consternation and frustration of members of the cabinet -- and all-in-all preferred an amphibious attack on the German Baltic Sea coastline, even having the shallow draft battlecruisers Furious, Glorious and Courageous constructed for the purpose.
		Fisher's life is celebrated in the folk song "Old Admirals" by the Scottish singer Al Stewart, and he is expressly referred to in Stewart's earlier song "Manuscript" - "Admiral Lord Fisher is writing to Churchill, calling for more dreadnoughts".
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	Fisher Body -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Fisher was dissolved by being merged with other GM operations in 1984.
		Fisher was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) to an English family, the eldest of eleven children.
		His father was Captain William Fisher, an army officer and aide-de-camp to the governor of Ceylon.
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	Jackie Fisher Biography
		John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (January 25, 1841 — July 10, 1920), commonly known as "Jackie" Fisher, was a British admiral.
		After completing his training at HMS Britannia he was assigned as a cadet to HMS Calcutta, an old ship-of-the-line which was sent to assist in blockading Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland during the Crimean War.
		Fisher had opposed to the campaign from the outset, preferring an amphibious attack on the German Baltic Sea coastline, even having shallow draft battlecruisers such as HMS Furious and HMS Courageous constructed for it.
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	Gary Fisher Tarpon
		Gary Fisher - Gary Christopher Fisher (born 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the mountain bike.
		Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher - Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 â“ 10 July 1920) was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform.
		With its haunting tonality and Bach flavouring, both provided by Hammond organist Matthew Fisher, soulful vocals by Gary Brooker and mysterious lyrics by Keith Reid, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" reached #1 on the British charts, was a hit in Europe, and reached #5 in the United States.
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	Christine Fisher Realty
		John Fisher was a pastor and spiritual director whose zeal was always for the sanctity of souls.
		Fisher, Australian Capital Territory - Fisher is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia located in the district of Weston Creek.
		Fisher was named after Andrew Fisher (1862-1928), coal miner, founding member of the federal parliamentary Labor Party and Prime Minister of Australia for three terms between 1908 and 1915 (ACTLIC, 2004).
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	Fisher Investment
		John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher - John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (January 25 1841 â“ July 10 1920), commonly known as "Jackie" Fisher, was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform.
		The Fisher equation estimates the relationship between nominal and real interest rate, and let denote the nominal interest rate, and let denote the nominal interest rate, rn denote the real interest rate, rn denote the real interest rates under inflation.
		Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher - Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 â“ 10 July...
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		Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot "Jackie" Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920) was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform.
		Lord Fisher was never entirely enthusiastic about the campaign -- going back and forth in his support to the consternation and frustration of members of the cabinet -- and all-in-all preferred an amphibious attack on the German Baltic Sea coastline, even having the shallow draft battlecruisers Furious">Furious, Glorious">Glorious and Courageous">Courageous constructed for the purpose.
		Records by the Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher London, New York [2]: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.
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		Kilverstone, Norfolk image= caption=Admiral of the Fleet The Lord Fisher nickname= allegiance= United Kingdom serviceyears=1853 - 1909
		After completing his training at Britannia">HMS Britannia he was assigned as a cadet to Calcutta">HMS Calcutta, an old ship of the line which was sent to assist in blockading Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland during the Crimean War.
		His committee also produced a new type of cruiser in a similar style to Dreadnought with a high speed achieved at the expense of armour protection, this became the battlecruiser, the first being Invincible">Invincible.
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	The Churchill Era: An Educational Resource
		Rival of Fisher, and as an MP was a frequent critic of Churchill's naval policy.
		He then became commander of the 1st Army Corps, 1901-1907 and Chief of Imperial General Staff (responsible for co-ordinating the armed forces of Britain and the Empire) 1911-1914, and Inspector-General of the Forces, 1907-1911 and 1914.
		He was chosen by "Jacky" Fisher to command the British Grand Fleet in 1914.
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	Admiral Sir John 'Jackie' Fisher
		Fisher returned to Europe in 1899 to represent British naval interests at the Hague peace conference.
		Lord Fisher, who was knighted in 1894 and created a baron in 1909, was the creator of the Dreadnought and the battlecruiser type, and the introducer of oil fuel and submarines into the British navy.
		In one very important matter Fishers naval leaderships was defective - he attached insufficient importance to tactical training and to the spiritual side of his profession.
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	John Fisher
		John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone (January 25, 1841-July 10, 1920), commonly known as "Jackie" Fisher, was a British admiral.
		He father was Captain William Fisher, an army officer and aide-de-camp to the governer of Ceylon.
		Amidst massive public controversy, he ruthlessly sold off 90 obselete and small ships and put a further 64 into reserve, describing all these vessels as "too weak to fight and too slow to run away", and "a miser's hoard of useless junk".
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		First Lord of the Admiralty John Arbuthnot Fisher retired, scrapped, or placed into reserve many of the older vessels, making funds and manpower available for newer ships.
		He was also the main force behind the development of the HMS Dreadnought, the first all-big-gun ship and possibly one of the most influential ships in naval history.
		Fisher was also a proponent of submarines, and bought a few based on John Holland's design from Vickers.
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	Fisher Space Pen -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Space Pen, generally referring to the ones marketed by http://www.fisherpen.com/ Fisher Space Pen Co., is a particular type of pen.
		The 'visco-elastic' ink used by Space Pens is said by many detractors to be 'sticky'.
		John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (January 25 1841 – July 10 1920), commonly known as "Jackie" Fisher, was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform.
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	Fisher House
		John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (January 25 1841 – July 10 1920), commonly known as "Jackie" Fisher, was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform.
		Fisher Ames (9 April 1758 - 4 July 1808) was a Representative of the United States Congress from Massachusetts.
		Fisher Automobile Company, first automobile dealership in the United States.
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	Gary Fisher Tarpon
		Gary Fisher - Gary Christopher Fisher (born 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the mountain bike.
		On a personal level, mountain bikers are unsure how to take his eclectic personal style, evidenced by such things as wearing rose-tinted diamond-shaped sunglasses, brightly colored suits,...
		With its haunting tonality and Bach flavouring, both provided by Hammond organist Matthew Fisher, soulful vocals by Gary Brooker and mysterious lyrics by Keith Reid, "A Whiter Shade of Pale" reached #1 on the British charts, was a hit in Europe, and reached #5 in the United States.
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	Fisher Implement
		Bobbi Fisher begins by setting the theoretical framework for her classroom organization, then she outlines the strategies she's employed; the committees, daily moderator, fisher implement and class meetings she's implemented; fisher implement and the materials, classroom space, fisher implement and daily schedule she's used.
		Anthony Fisher - Anthony Fisher OP (born 10 March 1960, Mater Hospital, Crows Nest) is an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Sydney and Titular Bishop of Buruni "Catholic Hierarchy: Fisher" â” Bishop Anthony Fisher (retrieved 06 June 2006).
		Fisher hypothesis - The Fisher hypothesis is the proposition by Irving Fisher that the real interest rate is independent of monetary measures, especially the nominal interest rate.
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