Frederick Selous
British explorer, and conservationist (1851–1917) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO (/səˈluː/; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917) was a British explorer, officer, professional hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry Rider Haggard to create the fictional character Allan Quatermain.[1][2] Selous was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell Burnham. He was pre-eminent within a group of big game hunters that included Abel Chapman and Arthur Henry Neumann. He was the older brother of the ornithologist and writer Edmund Selous.
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Frederick Selous | |
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Birth name | Frederick Courteney Selous |
Born | 31 December 1851 London, England |
Died | 4 January 1917(1917-01-04) (aged 65) Behobeho, German East Africa (now the Selous Game Reserve in southeastern Tanzania) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Rank | Captain |
Commands held | Bulawayo Field Force, Matabeleland; 25th Royal Fusiliers, East Africa |
Battles/wars | First Matabele War, Second Matabele War, World War I: --East African Campaign |
Awards | Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, British South Africa Company Medal Distinguished Service Order |
Spouse(s) |
Mary Maddy (m. 1894) |
Other work | Famous African hunter and explorer, conservationist, writer |
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