George Adamson

George Adamson
Adamson (left) in 1968
Born	George Alexander Graham Adamson (1906-02-03)3 February 1906 Etawah, India
Died	20 August 1989(1989-08-20) (aged 83) Kora National Park, Coast Province, Kenya
Cause of death	Murder
Resting place	Kora National Park
Other names	Bwana Game, Baba ya Simba
Occupations	Wildlife conservationist author
Spouse	Joy Adamson ​ ​ (m. 1944; sep. 1970)​
Website	www.georgeadamson.org

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. 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.