Jim Corbett
Birthday : 25th July 1875
Jim Corbett was born as Edward James Corbett, on 25th July 1875, in Nainital, near the Kumaon foothills of the Himalayas, in the United Provinces (now in Uttarakhand). Since a very tender age, he developed a love for the forests and their wildlife, especially those around his home in Kaladhungi.
Major Works
Tiger Hunts: Initially, Jim Corbett indulged in regular hunting and fishing. However, with time, he started shooting the big game with camera, rather than rifles. As his love for wildlife photography grew, he vowed never to shoot tigers and leopards unless they turned man-eater or threatened cattle. His sole companion was a small dog named Robin, about whom we see much information in his first book 'The Maneaters of Kumaon'. He has shot 19 Tigers and 14 Leopards i.e. he has a total of 33 recorded and documented kills.
Conservationist: Apart from being a renowned hunter, Jim Corbett is also known for being a pioneer conservationist. He was constantly engaged in giving lectures at local schools and societies, to make people aware of the necessity to conserve natural beauty, including forests and their wildlife. He helped create the Association for the Preservation of Game in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), and the All-India Conference for the Preservation of Wild Life. Jim also helped create Hailey National Park, which was later renamed in his honor.
Tiger Hunts: Initially, Jim Corbett indulged in regular hunting and fishing. However, with time, he started shooting the big game with camera, rather than rifles. As his love for wildlife photography grew, he vowed never to shoot tigers and leopards unless they turned man-eater or threatened cattle. His sole companion was a small dog named Robin, about whom we see much information in his first book 'The Maneaters of Kumaon'. He has shot 19 Tigers and 14 Leopards i.e. he has a total of 33 recorded and documented kills.
Conservationist: Apart from being a renowned hunter, Jim Corbett is also known for being a pioneer conservationist. He was constantly engaged in giving lectures at local schools and societies, to make people aware of the necessity to conserve natural beauty, including forests and their wildlife. He helped create the Association for the Preservation of Game in the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh), and the All-India Conference for the Preservation of Wild Life. Jim also helped create Hailey National Park, which was later renamed in his honor.
Books by Jim Corbett
Man Eaters of Kumaon, The Temple Tiger and More
Man-Eaters of Kumaon, The Jim Corbett Omnibus, My India, Jungle
Lore, Tree Tops , More Man-Eaters of Kumaon , My Kumaon: Uncollected Writings
Accolades
Jim Corbetts Man-eaters of kumaon was translated in more than 27 languages.
- The national park in Uttarakhand, India was renamed, as 'Jim Corbett National Park', in his honor in 1957.
- The Indochinese Tiger, an endangered subspecies of tigers, was named after him as Corbetts tiger, in the year of 1968.
- In 1948, his famous book Man-Eaters of Kumaon was adapted into a Hollywood movie by director Byron Haskin.
- Other adaptations include BBCs documentary-drama called the Man-eaters of India in 1986. A TV movie was also produced, inspired from The Man-Eating leopard of Rudraprayag, in the year of 2005.
After the independence of India, in 1947, Jim Corbett went to Nyeri, Kenya only. On 19th April 1955, a few days after writing his sixth book 'Tree Tops', Jim died of a heart attack.
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