FISCHER, THEOBALD (1846-1910), German geographer, was born at Kirchsteitz, Thuringia, on Oct. 31, 1846. He was edu cated at the universities of Heidelberg and Halle, and visited many parts of Europe in the pursuit of geographical study, but especially the Mediterranean lands, including north Africa (Atlas lands). The "Mediterranean region" is a conception the world owes to Fischer. His thesis for the rank of Privatdozent in the University of Bonn (1876) was entitled Beitrdge zur physischen Geograpltie der Mittelmeerldnder, and his most important publications are a collection of Mittelmeerbilder and his work on the Mediterranean peninsulas of Europe in Kirchhoff's Allgemeine Landerkiinde. He held professorships of geography at Kiel (1879 83 ), and at Marburg until his death on Sept. 17, 1910.