death_date death_place children birth_place name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
29 march 1963 kenya . doreen , david , sheila , lesley , gordon , dennis scotland john alexander hunter 30 may 1887 hilda bunbury j. a. hunter
 john alexander hunter professional hunter
j. a. hunter

john alexander hunter -lrb- 1887 -- 1963 -rrb- , born near shearington , dumfries-shire , scotland , also known as j. a. hunter , was a white hunter in africa from the early 1900s through the 1950s who led many notable safaris .
he moved permanently to british east africa in 1908 , where he later led the livermore expedition , with the aid of a.p.de k.fourie , that opened up the ngorongoro crater to european hunters .
he held several world records for big game at various times , and killed over 1,000 rhinos in kenya , most of them in the makueni hunting ground , which the government needed to get rid of , in order to give these lands for re-settlement of the kamba people .
besides safaris and other control operations for the kenya game department , in makueni hunter killed 996 alone , from 26 august 1944 to 31 october 1946 .
it turned out that those lands were useless for human settlement .
in later years , he became concerned about the possible extinction of the wildlife he had so assiduously hunted , and spoke in favor of conservation .
his writings were notable for betraying his colonialist attitude , although his writings similarly betrayed a genuine respect and affection for the locales and peoples that he interacted with .
in 1918 he married hilda bunbury .
they had 6 children , doreen , sheila , lesley , gordon , dennis and david .
his grandson alex hunter inherited his way of life and is a safari guide in kenya .
he was a friend and contemporary of denys finch hatton , who was portrayed by robert redford in the movie `` out of africa '' .
in his published writings hunter wrote of his friend and fellow professional hunter , and the tragic circumstances of hatton 's death .
in 1958 he built the hunters ' lodge hotel in makindu , kenya where he died in 1963 .
he wrote several books , some autobiographical , some fiction , based on his life experiences .
the original editions are largely out of print , but there is a move to re-publish them .
they include : `` hunter '' , an autobiography .
`` hunter 's tracks '' , includes various reminiscences , beginning with the story of john hunter 's role in the capture of the shady kingpin of a gang of ivory poachers and smugglers `` white hunter '' , specifically about his safaris before world war ii `` tales of the african frontier '' , the early days of east africa is the subject of this john hunter book .
based on john hunter : `` african hunter '' , harper and brothers , new york , 1954 `` african bush adventures '' , hamish hamilton , london , 1952 `` killers of kilimanjaro '' , made into a movie in 1959 .
