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1 de abr. de 2017 · Frederick Selous 101 year anniversary. 04 January 2018. The 4th of January 2017 marks the 101 year anniversary of Frederick Selous' death. In fact this is quite a historical year for the Selous Game Reserve as it also marks the 100th year of the end of WW1, some of which was fought in our backyard. Wondering around camp, I stumbled across some ...
Frederick Courteney Selous The prime version of this portrait of Frederick Courteney Selous by Olivia Mary Bryden is in the collection of the Royal Geographical Society, London (RGS 700195). Undated but posthumous, it was executed between the time of his death in January 1917 and 1919, when it was purchased by the RGS.
He was Fred Selous, a hero of my Central African boyhood, killed by a German sniper in East Africa in 1917. Frederick Courteney Selous (pronounced ‘Sill-oo’) was the ultimate 19th century great white hunter. On good terms with Cecil Rhodes and Theodore Roosevelt, he is believed to have been the inspiration behind Rider Haggard’s fictional ...
Frederick Selous. Frederick Courteney Selous, född 31 december 1851 i London, död den 4 januari 1917 vid Beho-Beho, var en engelsk jägare och Afrika forskare . Selous studerade vid flera tyska högskolor och for 1871 till Sydafrika för att studera de vilda djuren i deras naturliga omgivning samt vistades företrädesvis i Rhodesia, där han ...
Frederick Courteney Selous (* 31. Dezember 1851 in London; † 4. Januar 1917 am Beho-Beho) war ein englischer Berufsjäger und Offizier in Afrika. Seine Lebensgeschichte inspirierte Henry Rider Haggard zur Schöpfung seines Helden Allan Quatermain. Er ist Namensgeber für das Selous Game Reserve, Afrikas größtes Wildschutzgebiet.
As soon as he returned from the 1896 Matabele Rebellion (Umvukela) Selous was being referred to in newspapers and articles as ‘the famous’ or ‘the celebrated’ Frederick Selous. He was clearly the inspiration for Sir H. Rider Haggard’s character, Allan Quatermain , celebrated in the 1887 novel of the same name that followed Haggard’s 1885 novel King Solomon’s Mines .
Frederick Selous. Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO ( 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 Allan Quatermain character.
