Percy Powell-Cotton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPercy Powell-Cotton
British explorer
Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1866
Place of Birth: Garlinge, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 26-Jun-1940
Profession: explorer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Percy Powell-Cotton
- Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, FZS, FRGS, FRAI, JP (20 September 1866 – 26 June 1940) was an English explorer, hunter and early conservationist, most noted for the creation of the Powell-Cotton Museum in the grounds of his home, Quex Park in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, England.
- Powell-Cotton is noted for bringing an extraordinary number of animal specimens back from his travels across Africa, potentially creating the largest collection of game ever shot by one man.
- Despite this, Powell-Cotton was an early conservationist, helping categorise a wide number of species across the globe.
- His two daughters, Antoinette Powell-Cotton and Diana Powell-Cotton shared his passion for conservation, pursuing archaeology and anthropology respectively. Powell-Cotton made a large number of films (Powell-Cotton filmography) including ethnographic, documentary and wildlife films (Powell-Cotton Ethnographic Films).
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