Frederick Courtney Selous

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Frederick_Courtney_Selous

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:explorer gptkb:hunting gptkb:person gptkb:soldier author
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Bruce_Castle_School
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate	1851-12-31
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace	Beho Beho, Selous Game Reserve
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	killed in action
gptkbp:child	gptkb:Frederick_Hatherley_Bruce_Selous
gptkbp:deathDate	1917-01-04
gptkbp:deathPlace	Beho Beho, German East Africa (now Tanzania)
gptkbp:fieldOfWork	conservation natural history zoology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Frederick Courtney Selous
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Boy_Scouts_movement gptkb:Teddy_Roosevelt
gptkbp:inspiredBy	H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain
gptkbp:knownFor	exploration of Africa Selous Game Reserve named after him service in the First World War
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Royal_Geographical_Society gptkb:Zoological_Society_of_London
gptkbp:militaryBranch	gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank	Captain
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:explorer gptkb:soldier gptkb:writer gptkb:Hunter
gptkbp:participatedIn	gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:Second_Boer_War gptkb:Second_Matabele_War gptkb:First_Matabele_War
gptkbp:signature	Frederick Courtney Selous signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Edith_M._Selous
gptkbp:subjectOf	biographies museum exhibits Selous Scouts (named in his honor)
gptkbp:wrote	gptkb:The_Nile_Tributaries_of_Abyssinia gptkb:A_Hunter's_Wanderings_in_Africa gptkb:Travel_and_Adventure_in_South-East_Africa Recent Hunting Trips in British North America African Nature Notes and Reminiscences Sport and Travel East and West Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chinhoyi_Caves
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7