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Adamson, George, 1906-1989

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Personal name headingAdamson, George, 1906-1989
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Birth date1906-02-03
Death date1989-08-20
Place of birthEtawa (India)
Place of deathKora National Reserve (Kenya)
Field of activityWildlife conservation
Profession or occupationWildlife conservationists Authors
Found inHis Bwana game ... 1968.
GWAPT : George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust (www.georgeadamson.org) viewed April 11, 2009 (1906-1989; "In 1989 at the age of 83, Adamson was murdered at Kora by Somali bandits.")
Wikipedia, July 16, 2019 (George Alexander Graham Adamson was born 3 February 1906 in Etawah, India to British parents and educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, England. He moved to Kenya in 1924 and became a wildlife conservationist and author. On 20 August 1989, George Adamson was murdered near his camp in Kora National Park, by Somali bandits, when he went to the rescue of his assistant and a young European tourist in the Kora National Park.)