Corbett, Jim, 1875-1955

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1895- fuel inspector for Bengal and North-Western Railway, later trans-shipment director at Mokameh Ghat, Bengal; 1917 served in the First World War, captain; 1919-1921 served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War, major; 1920s-1947 manager of Choti Haldwani village, estate agent, big game photographer, conservationist; 1928 kaisar-i-Hind gold medal; 1940s lieutenant-colonel, trained British troops in jungle survival techniques; 1942 OBE; 1946 CIE; 1947-1955 honorary game warden, Nyeri, Kenya.

Epithet: hunter and conservationist

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x00016d

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referencedIn	Buckingham, Nash, 1880-1971. Letter to David Bloom, 1958 November 29.	University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn	Lady Doreen Hersey Winifred Prior Palmer papers., 1936-1940	British Library
creatorOf	Lardner, Ring, 1885-1933. Ring Lardner papers, 1805-2003, bulk 1885-1987.	Newberry Library

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Birth 1875-07-25

Death 1955-04-19

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English

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