The Reverend Eric Fisher was born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, in 1930. A graduate of Birmingham University, his first job was with the Colonial Service in Sierra Leone, where he rose to the rank of Provincial Commissioner. On his return, after a short period working for National Savings, he began training for the Anglican ministry at the College of the Resurection, Mirfield. He was ordained in 1972 and priested in 1973. He has been the curate of Styvechale, Coventry (1972-75), and All Saints, Chesterfield (1975-78); team vicar of Buxton and chaplain of its hospitals (1978-84); rector of Shirland (1984-89), and vicar of St Matthew’s, Sheffield (1989-99). Retired since 1999, he still is an assistant priest, at St James, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent.