Frederick Selous | |
|---|---|
 Selous circa 1911 | |
| Birth name | Frederick Courteney Selous |
| Born | 31 December 1851 London, England |
| Died | 4 January 1917 (aged 65) Behobeho, German East Africa (now the Selous Game Reserve in southeastern Tanzania) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands | 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 |
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.
- ^ Mandiringana, E.; Stapleton, T. J. (1998). "The Literary Legacy of Frederick Courteney Selous". History in Africa. 25: 199–218. doi:10.2307/3172188. JSTOR 3172188. S2CID 161701151.
- ^ Pearson, Edmund Lester. "Theodore Roosevelt, Chapter XI: The Lion Hunter". Humanities Web. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2006.