Background
Geoffrey Francis Fisher was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire and grew up in Higham-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire. Fisher was brought up an Anglican, being the son, grandson, and great-grandson of Anglican rectors of the Leicestershire village Higham-on-the-Hill. He was educated at Marlborough and Exeter College, Oxford. He was an assistant master at Marlborough College when he decided to be ordained, becoming a priest in 1913. At this time the English public schools had close ties with the Church of England, and it was not uncommon for schoolmasters to be in Holy Orders. Headmasters were typically priests.
In 1914, Fisher was appointed Headmaster of Repton School, succeeding William Temple, who was also later to be Archbishop of Canterbury. Fisher married Rosamond Forman, daughter of Arthur Forman a Repton master and Derbyshire cricketer. Among his pupils at the school was Roald Dahl, who went on to be a highly acclaimed children's author.
In 1932, Fisher was appointed Bishop of Chester, and in 1939 he was made Bishop of London.
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