George Adamson George Adamson George Adamson MBE (3 February 1906 – 20 August 1989), also known as the "Baba ya Simba" ("Father of Lions" in Swahili), was a British wildlife conservationist and author. He and his wife, Joy, are best known through the movie "Born Free" and best-selling book with the same title, which is based on the true story of Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lioness cub they had raised and later released into the wild. Several other films have been made based on Adamson's life. George Alexander Graham Adamson was born 3 February 1906 in Etawah, India to British parents.
George Worsley Adamson Patricia Beer (1982). George Adamson's work is held in several public collections, including the following: This includes work as interior and cover illustrator. Adamson was the winner of the P.G. Wodehouse Centenary Illustration Award in "Punch" in 1981 and was subsequently commissioned to illustrate an anthology of P.G. Wodehouse short stories for the Folio Society published in 1983. George Adamson was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in 1987. George Worsley Adamson George Worsley Adamson, RE, MCSD (7 February 1913 – 5 March 2005) was a book illustrator, writer, and cartoonist, who held American and British dual