Herbert Fisher | |
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| Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam | |
| In office 23 December 1916 – 14 December 1918 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Stuart-Wortley |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Vickers |
| President of the Board of Education | |
| In office 10 December 1916 – 19 October 1922 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Crewe |
| Succeeded by | E. F. L. Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher 21 March 1865 London |
| Died | 18 April 1940 (aged 75) London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Lettice Fisher (1875–1956) |
| Relatives | Herbert William Fisher (father) Florence Henrietta Fisher (sister) Edmund Fisher (brother) William Wordsworth Fisher (brother) Charles Dennis Fisher (brother) Edwin Fisher (brother) Mary Bennett (daughter) |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher OM PC FRS FBA[1][2] (21 March 1865 – 18 April 1940) was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Board of Education in David Lloyd George's 1916 to 1922 coalition government.
- ^ Murray, G. (1941). "Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher. 1865-1940". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 3 (10): 518–526. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0019. S2CID 159696817.
- ^ H.A.L. Fisher: A History of Europe, Volume II: From the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to 1935, Glasgow: Fontana/Collins, 1984, p. i.