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frederick courteney selous , c. 1911 famous african hunter and explorer , conservationist , writer bulawayo , east africa field force , matabeleland ; 25th royal fusiliers behobeho game reserve in southeastern tanzania -rrb- , german east africa -lrb- now the selous 4 january 1917 london , england united kingdom founder british south africa company medal distinguished service order 's medal of the royal geographical society , first war i : -- east african campaign matabele war , second matabele war , world 31 december 1851 captain frederick courteney selous portrait.jpg frederick selous
 frederick courteney selous
frederick selous

frederick courteney selous dso -lrb- ; 31 december 1851 -- 4 january 1917 -rrb- 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 .
