William Fisher
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- William Arms FisherWilliam Arms FisherWilliam Arms Fisher was an American composer, music historian and writer.-Personal life:Fisher was born in San Francisco, California on April 27, 1861...
(1861–1948), American music historian - William Frederick FisherWilliam Frederick FisherWilliam Frederick Fisher is American physician and a former NASA Astronaut.-Personal:Born April 1, 1946, in Dallas, Texas. He was married to a fellow astronaut, Dr. Anna Lee Fisher of St. Albans, New York in 1977. They have two daughters, Kristin Anne and Kara Lynne . .The Drs. Fisher were...
(born 1946), American astronaut - William Fisher (rear-admiral)William Fisher (rear-admiral)William Fisher , was an English rear-admiral.Fisher was the second son of John Fisher of Yarmouth, Norfolk, was born on 18 November 1780, and entered the navy in 1795. After serving in the North Sea, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in the Mediterranean, and as acting lieutenant of the Foudroyant on...
- William Webster FisherWilliam Webster FisherWilliam Webster Fisher, M.D, , was Downing Professor of Medicine at Cambridge University.Fisher, a native of Westmoreland, was born in or about 1798. He studied in the first instance at the University of Montpellier, where he befriended Auguste Comte and took the degree of M.D. in 1825...
- William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron DownhamWilliam Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron DownhamWilliam Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ , was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.-Background and education:Born at Downham, Norfolk,...
(1853–1920), British politician - William Wordsworth FisherWilliam Wordsworth FisherAdmiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, GCB, GCVO was a Royal Navy officer who captained a battleship at the Battle of Jutland and became Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet...
(1875–1937), British admiral - William W. FisherWilliam W. FisherWilliam "Terry" W. Fisher III is the WilmerHale Professor of Intellectual Property Law at Harvard Law School and faculty director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society...
, American legal academic - William Fisher (mayor), Mayor of Philadelphia, served 1773–1774
- William Fisher (boxer)William Fisher (boxer)William "Willie" Fisher is a former Scottish boxer.-Amateur career:Fisher represented Great Britain at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. He won a Bronze Medal at light middleweight.-Pro career:...
, known as Willie Fisher, (born 1940), Scottish boxer - William Fisher (Nova Scotia politician)William Fisher (Nova Scotia politician)William Fisher was an Irish-born politician and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Truro township in the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia from 1770 to 1774....
(1716–1777), farmer and politician in Nova Scotia - William Fisher, the Kirk Elder of Mauchline, who inspired Burn's poem Holy Willie's PrayerHoly Willie's PrayerHoly Willie's Prayer is a poem by Robert Burns. It was written in 1785 and first printed anonymously in an eight page pamphlet in 1799.It is considered the greatest of all Burns' satirical poems, one of the finest satires by any poet, and a withering attack on religious hypocrisy.It is written in...
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- William Fischer (disambiguation)