Jacky Fisher

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Jacky Fisher was a prominent British Admiral of the Fleet who played a key role in modernizing the Royal Navy in the early 20th century.

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Jacky Fisher canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ
First Sea Lord ⓘ
Royal Navy officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
describedBySource British naval history texts ⓘ
World War I naval histories ⓘ
employer Royal Navy ⓘ
familyName Fisher ⓘ
fieldOfWork naval administration ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ
Sir ⓘ
influenced Royal Navy strategy before World War I ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy doctrine

design of HMS Dreadnought ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of all-big-gun battleships ⓘ
development of battlecruisers ⓘ
modernization of the Royal Navy ⓘ
naval reforms in early 20th century ⓘ
memberOf Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryConflict Crimean War ⓘ
Second Opium War ⓘ
linked to: Opium Wars

World War I ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
nickname Jacky ⓘ
linked to: Jackie
notableIdea scrap the lot and build new ⓘ
notableWork implementation of Dreadnought-era fleet policies ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
partOf British military history ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
First Sea Lord ⓘ
Second Sea Lord ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Admiralty, London ⓘ

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Lord Fisher → alsoKnownAs → Jacky Fisher ⓘ