Geoffrey Francis Fisher
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The Most Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Fisher of Lambeth GCVO PC |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
Fisher in 1939
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| Installed | 1945 |
| Term ended | 1961 |
| Predecessor | William Temple |
| Successor | Michael Ramsey |
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| Birth name | Geoffrey Francis Fisher |
| Born |
5 May 1887 Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 15 September 1972 (aged 85) |
| Buried | St Andrew's Church, Trent, Dorset |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Spouse | Rosamond Fisher |
| Children | Henry Francis Charles Humphrey Robert Temple |
Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, GCVO, PC (5 May 1887 – 15 September 1972) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 to 1961.
Geoffrey Fisher was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and grew up in Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire. He was brought up an Anglican, being the son, grandson, and great-grandson of rectors of Higham. He was educated at Marlborough and Exeter College, Oxford. He was an assistant master at Marlborough College when he decided to be ordained, becoming a priest in 1913. At this time, the English public schools had close ties with the Church of England, especially in the case of Marlborough which had been founded for the education of sons of the Clergy. It was common for schoolmasters to be in Holy Orders, and headmasters were typically priests.
In 1914 Fisher was appointed Headmaster of Repton School, succeeding William Temple, whom he later also succeeded as Archbishop of Canterbury. Fisher married Rosamond Forman, daughter of Arthur Forman, who was a Repton master and Derbyshire cricketer. Among his pupils at the school was Roald Dahl, who went on to be a highly acclaimed children's author. In Boy, his autobiography of his childhood, Dahl wrote scathingly about Fisher's use of corporal punishment, which was, in Dahl's opinion, grossly overdone. By the time Dahl became a pupil, however, Fisher had actually left Repton, and so apparently it was actually Fisher's successor, J.T. Christie, whom Dahl had encountered.
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