# Frederick Selous

> Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO was a British explorer, army 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. 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.

*British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/frederick-selous

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 1851-12-31
- **Died:** 1917-01-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 49.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 12.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous)
- [Frederick Courtney Selous](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Courtney_Selous)
- [فريدريك سيلوس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [فريدريك سيلوس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Фредерик Селоус](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%D1%81)
- [Frederick Courteney Selous](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Courteney_Selous)
- [Frederick Selous](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous)
- [Frederick Selous](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous)
- [Frederick Courtney Selous](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Courtney_Selous)
- [Frederick Selous](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous)
- [פרדריק סלוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [Frederick Selous](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous)
- [Селус, Фредерик Кортни](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8)
- [Frederick Selous](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous)
- [Фредерік Кортні Селус](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306437)

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