Jim Corbett: Difference between revisions

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| name              = Jim Corbett

| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CIE|VD}}

| birth_name        = Edward James Corbett

| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1875|07|25}}

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He held the rank of [[colonel]] in the [[British Indian Army]] and was frequently called upon by the Government of the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], now the Indian states of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and [[Uttarakhand]], to kill man-eating tigers and leopards that were preying on people in the nearby villages of the [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]]-[[Garhwal Division|Garhwal]] Regions.

<blockquote>The wound that has caused a particular tiger to take to man-eating might be the result of a carelessly fired shot and failure to follow up and recover the wounded animal or be the result of the tiger having lost his temper while killing a porcupine</blockquote>

==Hunter and naturalist==

Corbett bought his first camera in the late 1920s and—inspired by his friend [[Frederick Walter Champion]]—started to record tigers on [[cine film]].<ref name="Rangarajan70" /> Although he had an intimate knowledge of the jungle, it was a demanding task to obtain good pictures, as the animals were exceedingly shy.

Together with Champion, he played a key role in establishing India's first national park in the [[Kumaon division|Kumaon]] Hills, the Hailey National Park, initially named after [[Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey|Lord Hailey]]. The park was renamed in Corbett's honour in 1957.<ref name="Beolens86">{{cite book |last1=Beolens |first1=B. |year=2009 |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals |last2=Watkins | first2=M. | last3=Grayson | first3=M. |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]] | isbn=978-0-8018-9304-9| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA86| page=86}}</ref>

[[File:Gurney House, Nainital, India.jpg|thumb|Gurney House, Nainital]]

==Further reading==

* {{cite book|author=Durga Charan Kala|title=Jim Corbett of Kumaon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSZ2nQEACAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Ravi Dayal Publishers}}

* {{cite book|author=Miriam Davidson|title=Convictions of the Heart: Jim Corbett and the Sanctuary Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiP7AYE1qm8C|year=1988|publisher=University of Arizona Press|isbn=978-0-8165-1034-4}}

* {{cite book|author=Tim Werling|title=Jim Corbett: Master of the Jungle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79MFAAAACAAJ|date=1 December 1998|publisher=Safari Press, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-57157-104-5}}

* {{cite book|author=Reeta Dutta Gupta|title=Jim Corbett : The Hunter Conservationist|url=|date=1 April 2006|publisher=Rupa & Company|isbn=978-81-291-0893-7}}

* {{cite book|author=Peter Byrne|title=Gentlemen Hunter|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Safari Press|isbn=978-1571572257}}

==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130102223657/http://latestbookreviews.net/my-kumaon-uncollected-writings-by-jim-corbett-book-review/ My Kumaon: Uncollected Writings by Jim Corbett - Book Review]

* [https://jimcorbettdiscussions.weebly.com/ "Jim Corbett International Research Group" website and FB discussion page]

* [http://www.corbettfoundation.org/ The Corbett Foundation India]

* [http://www.respectance.com/JIM_CORBETT Jim Corbett Tribute and Memorial website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230032937/http://www.respectance.com/JIM_CORBETT |date=30 December 2012 }}

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