Jim Corbett (1875-1955) was a hunter and naturalist in India. Famous for his writings on the hunting of man-eating tigers and leopards. The Corbett National Park in India is named in his memory.
He was a hunter and fishing enthusiast in early life but took to big game photography later. In later life he resolved never again to shoot an animal except for food or if it was ‘a dangerous’ beast.
He was a pioneer conservationist and lectured at local schools and societies to stimulate awareness of the natural beauty surrounding them and the need to conserve forests and their wild life.
His accounts of the hunting and killing of man-eaters that had killed almost 1,500 Indians, are related in his books: The Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1946), The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (1948), and the Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon (1954).
Man-eaters of Kumaon was a success in India and was chosen by book clubs in England and America, the first printing of the American Book-of-the-month Club being 250,000.
