Frederick Selous
British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851-1917) · Historical Figures · Died at 65
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.
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Selous (front seated) leader of H Troops of Bulawayo Field Force, Matabeleland, 1890s.
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Grave of Frederick Courtenay Selous, contemporary look
Selous, a gentleman's portrait on African safari, with two shots Kori bustards and his Holland and Woodward patent rifle. The 1890s.
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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.
