Film
1938
Indian Elephants in the Service of Man
Indian elephants in action as working animals and in hunting.
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Filmmaker
Born
1875-01-01 · 79 yrs
Died
1955-01-01
From
Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Known for
Writing
Born in 1875 in Nainital, Uttarakhand, Corbett recorded his hunting exploits in a series of books including Man-Eaters of Kumaon - hugely popular boys’ own adventures that continue to be widely read. Corbett progressed from shooting the wildlife to preserving it and helped to form both the Association for the Preservation of Game in the United Provinces and the All-India Conference for the Preservation of Wild Life. Corbett left India with the rest of the British in 1947, and moved to Kenya where he died in 1955. India’s oldest national park was re-named the Jim Corbett National Park in his honour later that year.
