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...
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Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (née Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, describes...
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Peter George Adamson (16 February 1930 – 17 January 2002) was an English actor, best known for playing Len Fairclough in Coronation Street from January...
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first published by Faber and Faber in the UK with illustrations by George Adamson. Described by some as a modern fairy tale, it narrates the unexpected...
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George Worsley Adamson (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2005) was a book illustrator, writer, and cartoonist, who held American and British dual citizenship...
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starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned...
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with her sisters "Big One" and "Lustica" by game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy Adamson after they were orphaned at only a few days old. Though...
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later reintroduced to the African wild by conservationist George Adamson. Two years after Adamson released Christian to the wild, his former owners decided...
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Harris as George Adamson and John Michie as Tony Fitzjohn. It follows the later years of Lion advocate Adamson. After his marriage to Joy Adamson of Born...
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Catweazle, illustrated by George Adamson (Puffin, 1970) ISBN 9780140304657 Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, illustrated by George Adamson (Puffin, 1971) ISBN 9780140304992...
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Arnold; 1966, illustrated by George Adamson) The Peculiar Triumph of Professor Branestawm (1970, illustrated by George Adamson, new paperback edition 2003)...
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Horatio George Adamson (28 November 1865 – 6 July 1955) was a British dermatologist. He studied at St. Bartholomew's Hospital receiving his medical doctorate...
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first place in the cheerdancing competition. George Lucas Adamson, a Greek chemist, founded the Adamson School of Industrial Chemistry on June 20, 1932...
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who co-starred with her, portraying game warden and conservationist George Adamson. The experience led them to become active supporters for wild animal...
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true-life film Born Free (1966), portraying conservationists Joy Adamson and George Adamson, who rescue a lioness cub named Elsa and successfully return her...
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1995. 1961 Meet my Folks! (illustrated by George Adamson) 1963 How the Whale Became (illustrated by George Adamson) 1963 The Earth-Owl and Other Moon-People...
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role as Lord Bothwell in Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1972, he appeared as George Adamson, opposite Susan Hampshire in Living Free, the sequel to Born Free. During...
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narrated by Diana Muldaur. Gary Collins stars as George Adamson and Diana Muldaur portrays Joy Adamson. The couple live in Kenya with their adopted lioness...
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had a short run. His most famous film role was that of game warden George Adamson in the highly successful 1966 film Born Free, about which experience...
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hippopotamus. Meru was one of the two areas in which conservationists George Adamson and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the Lioness made famous in the best selling book...
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Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt in 1937 with drawings by James Arnold. George Adamson illustrated the reissue of Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt in 1966...
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May 2022) was a British conservationist who worked extensively with George Adamson at Kora in Africa. In recognition of his service to wildlife conservation...
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Adamson include: Adam Adamson (1884–1984), New Zealand businessman Agar Adamson (1865–1929), Canadian Light Infantry officer 1916 to 1918 Al Adamson (1925–1995)...
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the Restless (2012 to 2018, 2020). Adamson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and spent his childhood in St. George. He started secondary school in Springville...
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Sandy Gall (category Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George)
presented the 1989 ITV documentary George Adamson: Lord of the Lions in which he interviewed the conservationist George Adamson. Gall made his final appearance...
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Province. It was home to George Adamson for many years. Kampi Ya Simba is located in Kora National Park which is where George Adamson released many of his...
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by Richard Ingrams and John Wells, and illustrated with sketches by George Adamson for the first five years, and subsequently by Brian Bagnall. The series...
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could not have hoped for the mood of the book to be better expressed. George Adamson has caught it exactly. Fenodyree is just as I imagined him and the eyes...
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It was gazetted as a national park in 1989, following the murder of George Adamson by poachers. Meru National Park and the Tana River mark 65 kilometres...
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Limerick Writers' Centre unveiled a commemorative plaque outside Charlie St George's pub on Parnell Street. The pub was a favourite drinking place of Harris...
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