Frederick Selous

Frederick Courteney Selous DSO (1851 - 1917) was a British explorer, officer, hunter and conservationist, and Boone and Crockett Club member who famous for his exploits in South-East Africa. Perhaps the greatest of all African hunters, Selous was born in London and educated at Rugby School. His dreams and ambitions took him to Southern Africa where, at the age of 19, he undertook his legendary career as an elephant hunter and explorer. President Theodore Roosevelt considered him a hero and great friend. Selous accompanied Roosevelt on his famous 1909-1910 African Safari which is chronicled in Roosevelt's "African Game Trails." He also hunted throughout the American and Canadian West. Selous returned to his beloved Africa to fight with the British in World War I and was killed in battle at Behobeho Ridge in Tanzania on January 4, 1917.