Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The

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

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South African History Online. (2011, December 14). Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071454

South African History Online (2011) 'Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The', South African History Online, 14 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071454 (Accessed: 5 October 2026).

South African History Online, Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071454, (accessed 5 October 2026).

"Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The." South African History Online, 14 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071454. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Frederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist is born in London. He came to Southern Africa in 1871. The." South African History Online. December 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0071454.