Frederick Selous, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist
Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1851
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 04-Jan-1917
Profession: military officer, explorer
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Frederick Selous
- Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO (; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917), was a British explorer, officer, professional hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa.
- His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry 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.
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