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| Fison, Lorimer. Adm. pens. at CAIUS, June 27, 1855. S. of Thomas, farmer, of Barningham, Suffolk. B. there Nov. 9, 1832. School, Sheffield. Matric. Michs. 1855. Resided two terms. Went to Australia, where he worked in the gold diggings until about 1861. Studied at Melbourne University. Became a missionary under the Wesleyan Society; at Fiji, 1863-71 and 1875-84; in N.S.W. and Victoria, 1871-5. Principal of Training Institution at Navuloa, Fiji. Resigned ministry through ill-health, 1888. Edited the Melbourne Spectator (a Wesleyan journal), 1888-1904. An investigator into the habits of the savage races of the South Seas. Joseph Chamberlain as Secretary of State for the Colonies, commended his treatise on Fiji land-tenure in a despatch to the Governor, July 31, 1903. President, Anthropological Section, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Instrumental in founding Queen's College, Melbourne; M.A. and Fellow there. Collaborated with A. H. Howitt in Kamilaroi and Kurnai, 1880, of which J. G. Frazer states that it 'unquestionably laid the foundations of a scientific knowledge of the Australian aborigines... a document of primary importance to anthropologists.' Author, Tales of Old Fiji. Joint author (with Dr Howitt), Group-marriage and Relationship. Granted a Civil List pension, 1905. Married and had issue. Lived latterly at Essendon, near Melbourne, where he died Dec. 29, 1907. Brother of Joseph J. (1859). (Venn, II. 326; D.N.B.; J. G. Frazer, The Gorgon's Head, 291-306.) | Lorimer FISON Approx. lifespan: 1832–1907 pens. Gonville & Caius College adm1855:06:27 s. of Thomas FISON farmer, of Barningham, Suffolk b. there 1832:11:09 Sch: Sheffield School Sheffield, [ Yorkshire ] Matric 1855:10MT: resided two terms Went to Australia , where he worked in the gold diggings until about 1861 Studied at Sch: Melbourne University Melbourne, [ Australia ] Became a missionary under the Wesleyan Society ;at Fiji 1863-71, and 1875-84 ;in New South Wales , Australia and Victoria , [ Australia ] 1871-75 Sch: Principal of Training: Institution Principal of Training: Navuloa, Fiji Resigned ministry through ill-health 1888 Publ.: Edited the Melbourne Spectator (a Wesleyan journal) 1888-1904 An investigator into the habits of the savage races of the South Seas. Joseph Chamberlain as Sec. of State: for the Colonies, commended his treatise on Fiji land-tenure in a despatch to the Governor: 1903:07:31 President: Anthropological Section, Australasian Association for Advancement of Science. Sch: Instrumental in founding Sch: Queen's College Melbourne, [ Australia ] MA and Fellow: there. Collaborated with A. H. Howitt in Kamilaroi and Kurnai 1880 of which J. G. Frazer states that it 'unquestionably laid the foundations of a scientific knowledge of the Australian aborigines... a document of primary importance to anthropologists.' Publ.: Tales of Old Fiji. Joint author (with Dr Howitt), Group-marriage and Relationship. Granted a Civil List pension 1905 m. and had issue. latterly Essendon, near Melbourne, [ Australia ] [, where he] d. [there] 1907:12:29 brother of Joseph J. FISON (1859) ( Venn, II. 326; D.N.B. ; J. G. Frazer, The Gorgon's Head: , 291-306.) |