Admiral John Fisher

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:Order_of_the_Medjidie_(Ottoman_Empire)
gptkb:Order_of_the_Rising_Sun_(Japan)
gptkbp:birthDate 1841-01-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ceylon
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Kilverstone,_Norfolk
gptkbp:children gptkb:Cecil_Fisher
gptkb:Pamela_Fisher
gptkbp:deathDate 1920-07-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Highgate_School
gptkb:Royal_Naval_School
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Arbuthnot_Fisher
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral John Fisher
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Winston_Churchill
Royal Navy strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Sir_James_Graham
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fisher_Reforms
promotion of submarines
promotion of oil-fueled ships
abolition of rum ration
introduction of all-big-gun battleships
introduction of turbine engines
creation of the battlecruiser
reorganization of the Royal Navy
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Jacky_Fisher
gptkbp:notableFor modernization of the Royal Navy
naval reform
introduction of the Dreadnought battleship
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:naval_officer
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Fisher
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:John_Singer_Sargent
gptkb:Francis_Dodd
gptkbp:predecessorAsFirstSeaLord gptkb:Sir_Archibald_Douglas
gptkbp:rank Admiral of the Fleet
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglican
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Katharine_Josepha_Broughton
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
historical studies
gptkbp:successorAsFirstSeaLord gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Wilson
gptkb:Sir_Henry_Jackson
gptkbp:termAsFirstSeaLord 1904-1910
1914-1915
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Fisher
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Naval_arms_race_between_Britain_and_Germany
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6