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eventREF E-0010982Revised

31 December 1851

Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born

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30 Sep 2019

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  1. 01(Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 579.)

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010982

South African History Online (2011) 'Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010982 (Accessed: 8 October 2026).

South African History Online, Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010982, (accessed 8 October 2026).

"Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010982. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010982.

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