Jim Corbett wurde am 25 Juli 1875 in Nainital, North-Western Provinces, British India geboren. Er war Autor, bekannt für Der Menschenfresser von Kumaon (1948). Er starb am 19 April 1955 in Kenia.
A tiger is a large-hearted gentleman with boundless courage, and when he is exterminated - as exterminated he will be unless public opinion rallies to his support - India will be the poorer by having lost the finest of her fauna.