FISHER, HARRISON

(1877), an American artist and illustrator; 6. in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was educated in the public schools of San Francisco and has traveled extensively abroad. His illustrations have appeared in books, and in such periodicals as Saturday Evening Post, Scribner’s Magazine, The Ladies Home Journal, Life, Puck and the Cosmopolitan Magazine. In 1922 he was specially employed by the latter publication. He has also painted portraits. FISHER, HERBERT ALBERT|E LAURENS (1865), English statesman and historian; president of the Board of Education since 1916; formerly vice chancellor of Sheffield Univ.; author of A_ Political History of England, 1906; The Republican Tradition in Europe, 1911, etc.; introduced and carried the Education Act of 1918, a remarkable development of national education, also an improved pensions scale for teachers, a numerous other reforms; F.R.S.