Jim Corbett est né le 25 juillet 1875 à Nainital, North-Western Provinces, British India. Il était scénariste. Il est connu pour Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948). Il est mort le 19 avril 1955 à Nyeri, Kenya.
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.