Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Archbishop_Geoffrey_Fisher
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1887-05-05
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nuneaton,_Warwickshire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace St. Mary’s Church, Trent, Dorset
gptkbp:children one son
gptkbp:deathDate 1972-09-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Tring,_Hertfordshire,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Exeter_College,_Oxford
gptkb:Marlborough_College
gptkbp:fullName Geoffrey Francis Fisher
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Most Reverend
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher
gptkbp:knownFor ecumenical work
reforms in the Church of England
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableEvent crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1953
presided over the marriage of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:bishop
gptkb:priest
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:bishop
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:William_Temple
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rosamund_Fisher
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Michael_Ramsey
gptkbp:termEnd 1961
gptkbp:termStart 1945
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Moderator_of_the_World_Council_of_Churches
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7