Fisher
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For Fisher used as a surname, see Fisher (surname).
Fisher or Fishers may refer to:
[edit] Companies
- Fisher Automobile Company, first automobile dealership in the United States.
- Fisher Body, an automobile coachbuilder, now owned by General Motors.
- Fisher Communications, a media company.
- Fisher Controls, now Emerson Process Management.
- Fisher Electronics a subsidiary of Japanese electronics manufacturer Sanyo.
- Fisher Engineering, makers of snowplows, spreaders and related accessories.
- Fisher Flying Products, a kitplane manufacturer.
- Fisher Investments, a money management firm.
- Fisher Radio Corp. The - Manufacturer of HiFi Equipment during the golden age of the Vacuum Tube - Wikipedia Page - The Fisher
- Fisher Scientific, a major laboratory supply company.
- Fisher Space Pen Co., makers of the Fisher Space Pen.
- Fisher is also the name of a line of sailboats built by Northshore Yachts Limited.
- Fisher is also the name of a maker of tennis racquets.
[edit] Places
- Fisher, Australian Capital Territory
- Fisher Bank, a sea area of the UK shipping forecast.
- Fisher, Illinois
- Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland.
- Electoral district of Fisher, a state electoral district in South Australia.
- Fishers, Indiana
- Fishers, New York
- Fishers Island, New York
- Fisher, Alaska, Volcano on the Aleutian Islands, in Alaska.
[edit] Other
- Fisher (animal) (Martes pennanti), a North American marten
- Max M. Fisher College of Business (also know as 'Fisher College'), a unit of Ohio State University
- Sam Fisher, the main character in the Splinter Cell video game series
- Fisher (band), a rock band fronted by "Mighty RAW" Ron Wasserman
- Fisher (comic strip), a Canadian comic strip by Philip Street
- the Fisher meteorite of 1894, which landed in Minnesota, United States (see meteorite falls)
[edit] See also
- Fisher information: a quantity in statistics, named after its inventor.
- Fisher's method for combining independent tests of significance
- Fisher's factorization theorem
- Fisherman
- Fishery
- Angler