Percy Fischer
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Preceded byC. L. Botha
Succeeded byToon van den Heever
BornPercy Ulrich Fischer
22 March 1878
22 March 1878
Died10 June 1957 (aged 79)
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa
Percy Fischer | |
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| Judge President of the Orange Free State Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa | |
| In office 1939–1948 | |
| Preceded by | C. L. Botha |
| Succeeded by | Toon van den Heever |
| Judge of the Orange Free State Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa | |
| In office 1929–1939 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Percy Ulrich Fischer 22 March 1878 |
| Died | 10 June 1957 (aged 79) Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, Union of South Africa |
| Children | Bram Fischer |
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| Alma mater | South African College Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Percy Ulrich Fischer (22 March 1878 – 10 June 1957) was a South African judge president of the Orange Free State Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa.[1] He was the son of politician Abraham Fischer and the father of the lawyer Bram Fischer.[2][3]
Fischer was the son of Abraham Fischer and his wife, Ada Robertson. He received his schooling at Grey College in Bloemfontein and in 1895 continued his studies at the South African College, where he obtained his BA degree.[4] He then went to the United Kingdom and studied law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1900.[1]
