Author: Hume Nisbet
Hume Nisbet, 1849 - 1923 Hume Nisbet was a painter, illustrator, and author. He was born in Stirling. From the age of sixteen he spent seven years exploring Australia and was appointed on his return to the position of Master of the Watt College of Art and Old Schools of Art, Edinburgh. In 1885 he was sent to New Guinea, and in 1905 - 06 he visited China and Japan. In the later part of his life he concentrated on writing novels.
