Frederick Courteney Selous

Frederick Courteney Selous DSO (/səˈluː/; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917) was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir H. Rider Haggard to create the fictional Allan Quatermain character. Selous was also a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell Burnham. He was pre-eminent within a select group of big game hunters that included Abel Chapman and Arthur Henry Neumann. He was the older brother of ornithologist and writer Edmund Selous.

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• http://www.safarilodges.com/index.php?route=information/guide&safari_country_id=6&safari_region_id=59&safari_guide_id=64
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Selous
• http://www.winsfordwalledgarden.com/v_gardens.aspx?Group=gardens&Page=selous