Physician and surgeon Arthur Fisher was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, where he attended the Carleton County Grammar School, graduating in 1905. He then received a medical degree and after the outbreak of World War I was appointed to the Royal Army Medical Corps as a lieutenant in 1915, becoming attached to the 58th Field Company Royal Engineers based in Calais, France. He also served with the 56th Field Ambulance and was temporary captain in France when he was killed by a shell while trying to find a suitable place for an advanced dressing station. He was posthumously awarded the Order of St. Sava, 5th class, conferred by the King of Serbia. His name appears of the Carleton County war memorial.
Charles Perry Fisher was born on January 23, 1857, in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
He was a pioneer medical librarian. He was educated in the public schools and the Eastburn Academy in Philadelphia. Later he devoted his leisure time to acquiring a knowledge of languages, science, and literature. In 1881, Dr. Samuel Lewis employed him to catalogue the Lewis Library, which until 1928, formed a separate collection of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library. He excelled in his work, and in 1882, he became the College's first employed professional librarian. The library’s real growth began with Mr. Fisher's appointment. He saw it grow from a collection of 25,000 volumes to 166,000 volumes at the time of his retirement in 1932. Under his direction and administration, he developed its material into an organized and systematized collection. His zeal and enthusiasm helped expand the possessions of the older and rare medical works. Mr. Fisher founded the Association of Medical Librarians, which later became the Medical Library Association. In 1912, he became its president. Mr. Fisher loved music and served as Secretary of the Musical Fund Society. He was also interested in photography and obtained an annual license from the Fairmount Park Commission to take pictures in the park.
In 1874, he married Clara Virginia Atwood (1858–1941). He died on October 26, 1940, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Edward Fisher was born on January 11, 1848, in Jamaica, Windham County, Vermont.
He was a Canadian conductor, teacher, organist, and administrator. He graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music in 1867. In 1874, he studied in Berlin, Germany. In 1875, he moved to Ottawa, Ontario, becoming music director of the Ottawa Ladies' College and he conducted the Ottawa Choral Society. Fisher moved to Toronto, Ontario, where he was an organist at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church from 1879 to 1899. He was also a music director of the Ontario Ladies’ College in Whitby, Ontario. In 1885, Fisher was a co-founder of the Ontario Music Teachers' Association (later Canadian Society of Musicians) and became its president (1889-1890). In 1886, he started the Toronto Conservatory of Music and was appointed its first musical director. In 1887, he was Ontario vice-president of the Music Teachers' National Association. In 1898, he received an honorary degree of D. Mus. from Trinity College, Toronto.
In 1876, he married Florence Lowell (1855–1924). He died on May 31, 1913, in Toronto, Ontario.
