George Adamson

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.

For the illustrator and cartoonist, see George Worsley Adamson.

George Adamson
Adamson (left) in 1968
Born
George Alexander Graham Adamson

(1906-02-03)3 February 1906
Etawah, India
Died20 August 1989(1989-08-20) (aged 83)
Kora National Park, Coast Province, Kenya
Cause of deathMurder
Resting placeKora National Park
Other namesBwana Game, Baba ya Simba
Occupations
  • Wildlife conservationist
  • author
Spouse
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(m. 1944; sep. 1970)​
Websitewww.georgeadamson.org
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