LC control no. | n 50037544 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Adamson, George, 1906-1989 |
Birth date | 1906-02-03 |
Death date | 1989-08-20 |
Place of birth | Etawa (India) |
Place of death | Kora National Reserve (Kenya) |
Field of activity | Wildlife conservation |
Profession or occupation | Wildlife conservationists Authors |
Found in | His 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.) |