Gustav Nachtigal

Gustav Nachtigal is a major source for many aspects of African studies in the area today covered by Libya, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan. Allan G. Fisher and Humphrey J. Fisher who have prepared this translation were both born in New Zealand. Allan Fisher studied at Melbourne and later taught at the Universities of Otago and Western Australia. He came to England as Price Professor of International Economics at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London in 1937. Later, he joined the...See more

Gustav Nachtigal is a major source for many aspects of African studies in the area today covered by Libya, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, and Sudan. Allan G. Fisher and Humphrey J. Fisher who have prepared this translation were both born in New Zealand. Allan Fisher studied at Melbourne and later taught at the Universities of Otago and Western Australia. He came to England as Price Professor of International Economics at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London in 1937. Later, he joined the International Monetary Fund, becoming Chief Editor. His son, Humphrey Fisher, studied at Harvard and Oxford and completed the task of finishing the translation after his father's death. See less