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Author: Sir Geoffrey Archer Title: Personal and Historical Memoirs of an East African Administrator Publication: First UK Edition 1st Impression Published By Oliver & Boyd Ltd Edinburgh and London 1963………………(See Pictures) Condition Of Book and Dust-Jacket: This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has a some rubbing,wear and a little creasing along the outer extremities of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no leaning or rolling to spine.There is one small previous owner’s name to the front endpaper.The text block has a little spotting and age toning to the page edges.The wrapper is now well protected in a cover sleeve,8vo 260pp First Edition 1st Impression [1963]Sir Geoffrey Archer: This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine in a Very Good Dust-Jacket that has a some rubbing,wear and a little creasing along the outer extremities of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no leaning or rolling to spine.There is one small previous owner’s name to the front endpaper.The text block has a little spotting and age toning to the page edges.The wrapper is now well protected in a cover sleeve,8vo 260pp First Edition 1st Impression [1963] Archer was appointed Governor of Uganda in 1923 and made his first priority the control of 19,000 highly destructive elephants in the colony.He took a keen interest in education of the native people, asking for advice on the curriculum, buildings, organization and so on, although he was limited in what he could achieve by shortage of funds.Archer also founded a department of education in Uganda and appointed a director. However, due to doubts that the local Ugandans could handle higher education the establishment at Makerere Hill in Kampala only gave training for low-level clerical work. Archer himself wanted the locals to gain the higher education needed for senior positions so the administration would have to depend less on Indians.He wrote two books The Birds of British Somaliland and the Gulf of Aden and this one listed here.He died in France at Cannes in 1964We are members of the P.B.F.A. And Adhere to their Guidelines
