Background
Fisher, James Maxwell Mcconnell was born on September 3, 1912 in Clifton, England. Son of Kenneth and Constance Isabel (Boyd) Fisher.
Fisher, James Maxwell Mcconnell was born on September 3, 1912 in Clifton, England. Son of Kenneth and Constance Isabel (Boyd) Fisher.
King’s scholar Eton College, 1926-1931. Master of Arts, Magdalen College, University of Oxford, 1935.
Assistant master Bishop’s Stortford College, 1935-1936. Assistant curator Zoological Society London, 1936-1939. With Bureau Animal Population, University of Oxford, 1940-1943, Edward Grey Institute Field Ornithology, 1944-1946.
Editor William Collins, Sons & Company, 1946-1956. Director Rathbone Books Ltd., 1956-1964, Aldus Books Ltd., 1962-1964. Writer, broadcaster for British Broadcasting Corporation, since 1939.
Deputy chairman Countryside Commission, since 1966. Chairman Northamptonshire Naturalists Trust. Member of council Royal Society Protection of Birds.
Member survival service commission International Union Conservation Nature and Natural Resources.
Member of council Royal Society Protection of Birds. Member survival service commission International Union Conservation Nature and Natural Resources.
Married Margery Lilian Edith Turner, September 16, 1936. Children: Edmund Boyd, Crispin James, Selina Toussaint (Mistress Randal Charlton), Adam J. Kenneth, Anstice Rosina, Clemency Thorne.