Admiral Sir John Fisher

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Order_of_the_Bath
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:birthDate 1841-01-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Ceylon
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Kilverstone,_Norfolk
gptkbp:children gptkb:Cecil_Fisher
gptkbp:createdPeerage 1909
gptkbp:deathDate 1920-07-10
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Naval_School
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Arbuthnot_Fisher
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:Admiral
Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Admiral Sir John Fisher
gptkbp:influenced Royal Navy strategy
gptkbp:influencedBy naval technological advances
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Fisher_Reforms
naval gunnery improvements
promotion of submarines
scrapping of obsolete ships
abolition of rum ration
introduction of turbine engines
World War I naval policy
creation of the battlecruiser
introduction of oil fuel
introduction of the HMS Dreadnought
naval education reforms
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:nationality British
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 Admiral John Fisher portrait.jpg
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:First_Sea_Lord
gptkbp:rank Admiral of the Fleet
gptkbp:signature John Fisher signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Frances_Katharine_Josepha_Broughton
gptkbp:termEnd 1910
1915
gptkbp:termStart 1904
1914
gptkbp:title gptkb:1st_Baron_Fisher
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Channel_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6