Michael Scott Fletcher
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M [Michael] Scott Fletcher (1868–1947) was an Australian Methodist minister, foundation master of King's College, University of Queensland, foundation Master of Wesley College, University of Sydney and held the Chair of Philosophy at the University of Queensland.[1]
Fletcher was born in Auckland, New Zealand, one of eight children of John Fletcher, a teacher and Methodist lay preacher, and his wife Eliza, née Bale.[2] One of his brothers was the Australian minister and evangelist Lionel B. Fletcher.[2] He married Lancashire-born Winifred Davies, a former Royal Prince Alfred Hospital trained nurse in 1896.[3]
Education
Fletcher attended Newington College (1883-1888)[4] and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree (1893) and a Master of Arts degree (1902) at the University of Sydney.[5] From 1909 until 1911 he wrote his doctoral thesis at the University of Oxford.
