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Fisher, Thomas

Businessperson and benefactor, the son of convicts, who quietly and industriously built a business empire that enabled him to amass a large fortune. Much of his estate was bequeathed to the University of Sydney to endow a library now named in his honour.

Milestone
Born
Brickfield Hill
23 Jan 1820
Died
Sydney
27 Dec 1884
Buried
Waverley Cemetery
29 Dec 1884
Name
Commemorated by
Fisher Library
Commemorated by
Tom Fisher
Position
Benefactor
Fisher Library
Member
Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts
Property
Owner of
Tom Fisher
Relationship
Child of
Fisher, Jemima
Child of
Fisher, John 1745-1832
Patron
University of Sydney
1885

Thomas Fisher

CC BY-SA 2.0
by
Neil Radford
,
2016

Thomas Fisher, a bootmaker and property investor, bequeathed a large portion of his estate to the University of Sydney to endow its library. Fisher Library bears his name to this day.

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