MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

1841 - 1920

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Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British Admiral of the Fleet. His efforts to reform the Royal Navy helped to usher in an era of modernisation which saw the supersession of wooden sailing ships armed with muzzle-loading cannon by steel-hulled battlecruisers, submarines and the first aircraft carriers. Fisher was chiefly recognised as an innovator, strategist, and architect of naval reform rather than as an operational admiral, although he held combat commands throughout his career. Appointed First Sea Lord in 1904, Fisher played a critical role in the Anglo-German naval arms race, helping to modernise the Royal Navy ahead of the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher is the 1,646th most popular military personnel (down from 1,595th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sri Lankan Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher ranks 1,646 out of 2,058. Before him are Theodor Tolsdorff, Vasily Gordov, Euphemius, Wilhelm Hasse, Raúl Reyes, and Henri Dentz. After him are Drogo of Hauteville, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Josip Filipović, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, and Alexander Svechin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher ranks 77. Before him are Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Florence Baker, René Panhard, Antonio Pacinotti, Andrejs Pumpurs, and Savva Mamontov. After him are William Henry Hudson, Joaquín Crespo, Julius Zeyer, Louis-Ernest Barrias, Tang Jingsong, and Anselmo Lorenzo. Among people deceased in 1920, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher ranks 91. Before him are Wilhelm Pfeffer, Heorhiy Narbut, Nasrullah Khan, Pier Andrea Saccardo, Heinrich Lammasch, and Olive Thomas. After him are Ömer Seyfettin, Olive Schreiner, Teresa of the Andes, Arturo Soria y Mata, Théodore Flournoy, and Zygmunt Gorazdowski.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher ranks 21 out of 51. Before him are S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899), Jack Churchill (1906), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), D. S. Senanayake (1883), William Chester Minor (1834), and M. G. Ramachandran (1917). After him are Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (1933), William Gopallawa (1896), D. M. Jayaratne (1931), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1916), and Frederick G. Donnan (1870).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Sri Lanka

Among military personnels born in Sri Lanka, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher ranks 2. Before him are Jack Churchill (1906). After him are Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), and Ajantha Mendis (1985).

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