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George Adamson

(1906-1989)
British naturalist, writer and Wildlife conservationist
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George Alexander Graham Adamson MBE (3 February 1906 – 20 August 1989), also known as the Baba ya Simba ("Father of Lions" in Swahili), was a British wildlife conservationist and author based in Kenya. His wife Joy Adamson related in her best-selling book Born Free (1960) (in 1966 made into a film) the couple's life with Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lioness cub they raised and later released into the wild.

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Born George Alexander Graham Adamson
3 February 1906
Etawah, India
Died
20 August 1989 (aged 83)
Kora National Park, Coast Province, Kenya, Africa
Zodiac Aquarius
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  • Joy Adamson
    Joy Adamson 1910-1980 · Austrian-British naturalist, painter, writer, collector and illustrator · m. ???? info edit
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