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- 20th May 1863 (Creation)
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The geologist and priest Rev. Osmond Fisher was born in Dorset in 1817. He attended King's College, London and Jesus College in 1836, where he read for a degree in mathematics. During his time at Cambridge he struck up a friendship with the geologist Adam Sedgwick, who in 1852, proposed Fisher as a Fellow of the Geological Society. In 1881 he published 'The Physics of the Earth's Crust' in which he speculated that the Earth's crust may sit on top a liquid layer. This theory was ridiculed at the time, only slowly being accepted in the mid-twentieth century.
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Note detailing the payment of a subscription of £5 5s from Jesus College to Elmstead village school. Signed by Osmond Fisher.
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JCAD/2/2/9/1863/31 is pinned to JCAD/2/2/9/1863/32-41 inclusive.