Lorimer Fison
Anthropologist
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Lorimer Fison (9 November 1832 – 29 December 1907) was an Australian anthropologist, Methodist minister and journalist.
Born9 November 1832
Barningham, Suffolk, England
Died29 December 1907 (aged 75)
Essendon, Melbourne, Australia
OccupationMethodist minister
Lorimer Fison | |
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| Born | 9 November 1832 Barningham, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 29 December 1907 (aged 75) Essendon, Melbourne, Australia |
| Occupation | Methodist minister |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Caius College University of Melbourne |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | anthropology |
| Main interests | customs of Fijians and Indigenous Australians |
Early life
Fison was born at Barningham, Suffolk, England, the son of Thomas Fison, a prosperous landowner, and his wife Charlotte, a daughter of the Rev. John Reynolds, who was a translator of seventeenth-century religious writers. Fison was educated at a school at Sheffield, then at the University of Cambridge where he studied with a tutor before becoming a student of Caius College in June 1855.[1] After a "boyish escapade" at college he left for Australia.[2] His sister was Anna Fison, translator and educator.
Late life
Fison died on 29 December 1907 at Essendon, Melbourne.
