caption death_date death_place birth_place other_names birth_date alt spouse image article_title name occupation death_cause
photographed in 1970 20 august 1989 kora national park , coast province , kenya etawah , india bwana game , baba ya simba 03 february 1906 george adamson photographed in 1970 joy adamson -lrb- 1944 -- 1977 ; separation -rrb- george adamson.jpg george adamson
 george adamson british wildlife conservationist author murder
george adamson

george adamson -lrb- 3 february 1906 -- 20 august 1989 -rrb- , also known as the `` baba ya simba '' -lrb- `` father of lions '' in swahili -rrb- , was a british wildlife conservationist and author .
he and his wife , joy adamson , are best known through the movie `` born free '' and best-selling book with the same title , which is based on the true story of elsa the lioness , an orphaned lioness cub they had raised and later released into the wild .
several other films have been made based on adamson 's life .
