Charles Dennis Fisher

Charles Dennis Fisher, was a British academic, the son of historian Herbert William Fisher. He died in the Battle of Jutland during World War I. Fisher was born on 19 June 1877 in Blatchington Court, Blatchington, Sussex, England, and baptised in East Blatchington on 4 August 1877. He was ninth of the eleven children of Herbert William Fisher (1826–1903) and his wife Mary Louisa (née Jackson) (1841–1916). His siblings included: H. A. L. Fisher, historian and Minister of Education; Admiral Sir William Wordsworth Fisher, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet; Florence Henrietta, Lady Darwin, playwright and wife of Sir Francis Darwin (son of Charles Darwin); and Adeline Vaughan Williams, wife of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. He was also the brother of Cordelia Curle (née Fisher), who was the wife of the author, critic and journalist Richard Curle and the mother of the academic Adam Curle. Fisher was educated at Westminster School, matriculating to Christ Church, Oxford in 1896, where he gained his B.A. in 1900 and his M.A. in 1903.A fine cricketer, he represented Sussex County Cricket Club since 1898 and he played in the University eleven in 1899 and 1900. He was elected Tutor in Christ Church in 1903 and served as Senior Censor from 1910 to 1914, described as one of Oxford's "most prominent members of its educational staff".