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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), [1] was a British wildlife conservationist and author based in Kenya.
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Aug 21, 1989 · Conservationist George Adamson was slain by bandits near the wildlife reserve where he and his late wife, “Born Free” author Joy Adamson, taught lions raised in captivity to live in the wild.
She had met and fallen in love with George Adamson, a game warden in an outlying area of Kenya. The couple spent the rest of their lives traveling through the Kenyan wilderness together. Working with lions
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Joy (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) and George Adamson met in Kenya on safari and were later married in 1944. At the time they met, Joy, who was given this name by her second husband (a botanist), had a deep interest in the natural world and had used her artistic abilities to illustrate East African flora, while George was a game warden for the ...
Joy combined her knowledge and notes with George's diaries to write a book about Elsa - the book Born Free was published in 1960 and became a bestseller which lead to an academy award-winning movie. Joy went on to write 2 other books (about Elsa as a mother and her cubs), that promote conservation and raised money for wildlife. At this point Joy an...
Joy and George set up or were the inspiration for a number of trusts and foundations. Royalties from books and films were also channelled into a charity set up by Joy called the Elsa Wild Animal Appeal. Later, this charity became the Elsa Conservation Trust. Both Joy and George upon their deaths bequeathed their estates to this trust. This included...
Born Free starred Bill Travers and his wife Virginia McKenna who became close friends with George Adamson. The movie Born Free won two Academy Awards and was nominated for a third. It also was nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards.
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Feb 2, 2017 · George Adamson, who became known as “Baba ya Simba,” or Father of Lions, was born on February 3, 1906 (died 1989). His work reintroducing lions into the wilds of Kenya was immortalized in the book, Born Free, written by his wife, Joy Adamson.
