Ernest Fisk

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Sir Ernest Fisk
Born	Ernest Thomas Fisk 8 August 1886 Sunbury, Middlesex, England
Died	8 July 1965 Roseville, Sydney, Australia
Known for	Radio pioneer

Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk (1886-1965) was a founder (1913) and later Managing Director (1916) and Chairman (1932) of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) (AWA). In 1944 was appointed Managing Director of the EMI music empire.^[1] ^[2]

He was knighted on 11 May 1937.^[3]

References

↑ Goot, Murray. "Fisk, Sir Ernest Thomas (1886–1965)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
↑ IEEE New South Wales Section History – IEEE Global History Network.
↑ It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 July 2013

External links

Given, Jock. "Empire State: Ernest Fisk and the World Wide Wireless". ABC Radio National - Hindsight.
"Ernest Fisk and the first wireless messages from the UK to Australia". State Library of New South Wales.
Works by or about Ernest Fisk in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Authority control	VIAF: 92374264 NLA: 35420096

Persondata
Name	Fisk, Ernest Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	Radio pioneer
Date of birth	1886
Place of birth	Sunbury, Middlesex, England
Date of death	1965
Place of death	Roseville, Sydney, Australia

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