Percy Powell-Cotton
Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton | |
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| Born | 20 September 1866 |
| Died | 26 June 1940 (aged 73) Midhurst, Sussex, England |
| Education | Hythe School of Musketry |
| Occupation(s) | Hunter, explorer, conservationist |
| Spouse | Hannah Brayton Slater |
| Children | Diana Powell-Cotton Antoinette Powell-Cotton Mary Powell-Cotton Christopher Powell-Cotton |
| Parent(s) | Henry Horace Powell-Cotton Matilda Christina (née Gordon) |
| Relatives | Ida Powell-Cotton Gerald Powell-Cotton |
Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton, FZS, FRGS, FRAI, JP (20 September 1866 – 26 June 1940) was an English explorer and hunter. He is most noted for the creation of the Powell-Cotton Museum in the grounds of his home, Quex Park in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, England. Powell-Cotton is noted for bringing an extraordinary number of animal specimens back from his travels across Africa, potentially creating the largest collection of game ever shot by one man. Despite this, Powell-Cotton was an early conservationist, helping to categorise a wide number of species across the globe. His two daughters, Antoinette Powell-Cotton and Diana Powell-Cotton shared his passion for conservation, and pursued archaeology and anthropology respectively.
Powell-Cotton made a large number of films (Powell-Cotton filmography) including ethnographic, documentary and wildlife films (Powell-Cotton Ethnographic Films).