Allan Quatermain

Allan Quatermain
Allan Quatermain character
A drawing of Quartermain as a middle-aged man seated at a desk
Quatermain depicted by Charles H. M. Kerr in the frontispiece to Allan Quatermain (1887)
Created bySir H. Rider Haggard
In-universe information
AliasMacumazahn, Macumazana, Hunter Quatermain, Shabaka, Wi
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale
OccupationProfessional hunter
SpousesMarie Marais, Stella Carson
ChildrenHarry Quatermain
NationalityBritish

Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines, its one sequel Allan Quatermain (1887), twelve prequel novels and four prequel short stories, totalling eighteen works.[1] An English professional big game hunter and adventurer, in film and television he has been portrayed by Richard Chamberlain, Sean Connery, Cedric Hardwicke, Patrick Swayze and Stewart Granger among others.

  1. ^ Miller, Thos. Kent. "Fate as a Character: H. Rider Haggard's Secret Currents". In Wormwood (magazine): Literature of the Fantastic, Supernatural and Decadent. New Yorkshire UK, Tartarus Press, 2013 ISSN 1744-2834.