Greevz Fisher of Youghal & Leeds : from Quaker to individualist and freethinker / by William Hudson.

Greevz Fisher (1845-1931) was born in Youghal, Ireland into an Anglo-Irish Quaker family. His birth name was John Greeves Fisher; he published under the name J. Greevz Fisher. He grew up to be an eccentric intellectual who campaigned for the abolition of illegitimacy and was an avowed Malthusian who risked prosecution by publishing and distributing free literature on contraception. He also published pamphlets attacking various British institutions, particularly the Post Office and the taxation system. Fisher was a philologist who had a lifelong interest in the English language and developed his own phonetic vocabulary that he used for his written communications. He sometimes spelled his surname as "Fysher." Fisher ran the family business, Kingfisher Lubrication in Leeds, England.