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Norman Fisher (educationalist)

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Norman Fisher
Born9 July 1910
Died1 February 1972 (aged 61)
OccupationEducationalist

Norman George Fisher (9 July 1910 – 1 February 1972) was a British educationalist who was at various times Chief Education Officer for the English city of Manchester, head of the staff college of the National Coal Board, and chairman of the panel on the BBC Television question-and-answer show, The Brains Trust.[1][2][3]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 10 August 1959.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Tomes, Jason (2004). "Brains Trust (act. 1941–1961)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/57624. Retrieved 27 July 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "New Knowledge (advertisement)". New Scientist. 25 (435). 18 March 1965.
  3. ^ "A History of the Brain, The Brain's Trust - Dr W. Grey Walter". BBC Online. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Norman Fisher". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.