Talk:Geoffrey Fisher

Hearsay
Fisher's career is better summarised by the Encyclopedia Britannica. The anecdote about Macmillan and Michael Ramsay is hearsay. Who knows what Fisher and Macmillan said to each other? Macmillan could have told Ramsay, but it is just an anecdote. The connection with Roald Dahl is given far too much space, and Dahl is well-known for improving on the truth - see his biography by Jeremy Treglown. What is the point of including a bitter remark made 50 years after Dahl left Repton?

coronation
I've put in this picture of the coronation. I assume one of the people is Fisher as he was archbishop & presided over the event. Does anyone know which one he is. It would be better to say if he is first from the left or whatever. SuzanneKn 21:03, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

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Assessment comment
Substituted at 15:56, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Scouting?
Wilson links him to Boy Scouting, was there a connection?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 09:18, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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Leonard Fisher
The wikipedia article Leonard Fisher, bishop of Natal states that Leonard was the brother of Geoffrey. I can't find a source to corroborate that. Can someone check if that is true.Wayne Jayes (talk) 12:32, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is fine. Ancestry.co.uk gives ample details of dates and kinship. I see they had another clerical brother, the Rev Leigh Atherton Fisher (1875–1963). I must check the spelling of his forename, which we give as "Legh" in Geoffrey's article. The Times obit for Leonard confirms that he was Geoffrey's brother. If you want a citation: "Rt. Rev. L. N. Fisher: Former Bishop of Natal", The Times, 8 July 1963, p. 12 –  Tim riley  talk   13:33, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * "Legh" is correct. He is so entered on official census and probate records.  Tim riley  talk   13:51, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. Wayne Jayes (talk) 14:24, 13 July 2021 (UTC)