Denys Fisher sale in Schofields department store in Leeds in 1965. A year later, Fisher licensed Spirograph to Kenner Products in the United States. In 1967 Spirograph was chosen as the UK Toy of the Year. Denys Fisher Toys, which also produced other toys and board games, was sold to Palitoy in 1970 and it was subsequently bought by Hasbro. Through the 1980s & 1990s Fisher continued to work with Hasbro in developing new toys and refining Spirograph. Denys Fisher Toys produced the following toys and games: Denys Fisher Denys Fisher (11 May 1918 – 17 September 2002) was an English engineer
Denys family Denys family The surname Denys was borne by at least three prominent mediaeval families seated in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Devon in south-west England between 1166 and 1641. It is not known if any relationship existed between these families. The surname "Denys" is just one of many variant spellings of the name: "Denise", "Le Deneis", "Le Danies", "le Deneys" and most recently "Dennis", are some of the others. The family of Denys was apparently of Danish origin, and was recorded in early Norman charters in French as "le Deneys", meaning "The Dane", which was frequently Latinised by scribes as Dacus, being