Biographical entry Fisk, Ernest Thomas (1886 - 1965)

Summary

(Sir) Ernest Thomas Fisk was a radio engineer for Marconi Co. 1906-13, General Manager of AWA Ltd 1913-16, Managing Director 1916-44, and Chairman 1932-44. From 1944 to 1952 he was Managing Director of EMI Ltd.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Ernest Thomas Fisk - Records, 1906 - 1952, ML MSS 2768; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Goot, Murray, 'Fisk, Sir Ernest Thomas (1886-1965)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 508-510. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080531b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Sir Ernest Fisk, Kt, 1886-1965', Proceedings of the Institution of Radio and Electronics Engineers, Australia, vol. 26, no. 7, 1965, p. A16. Details
• Williams, N., 'Ernest T. Fisk: Pioneer, Visionary and Entrepreneur - 1', Electronics Australia, June, 1989, pp. 40-43. Details

Online Resources

• 'Fisk, Ernest Thomas', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P000406p.htm. Details
• 'Fisk, Ernest', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-516013. Details