Fisher (of Kilverstone), John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron
- Fisher (of Kilverstone), John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron
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born Jan. 25, 1841, Ceylon
died July 10, 1920, London, Eng.
British admiral and first sea lord.
He entered the navy at 13 and saw combat in Crimea, China, and Egypt. Promoted to the Admiralty board in 1892, he became first sea lord in 1904. He reorganized and strengthened the British navy to counter the rapid expansion of the German navy, and his reforms and innovations
including the conception of the battleship
Dreadnought, which revolutionized naval construction
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Universalium.
2010.
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