Norman Fisher (educationalist)

Norman Fisher (educationalist)
Born 1910
Died 1972

Norman Fisher (1910–1972), a British educationalist, 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

  1. ↑ Tomes, Jason. "Brains Trust (act. 1941–1961)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "New Knowledge (advertisement)". New Scientist 25 (435). 18 Mar 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.