Frederick Selous Military person

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.

Personal facts

Birth date	December 31, 1851
Date of death	January 04, 1917
Place of death	German East Africa

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award	Distinguished Service Order British South Africa Company Medal Gold Medal (RGS)
military operations	East African Campaign (World War I) First Matabele War Second Matabele War
military command	Bulawayo Field Force Matabeleland; 25th Royal Fusiliers East Africa