- CUMMING, GORDON
- the African lion-hunter, of Celtic origin; served for a time in the army; wrote an account of his hunting exploits in his "Five Years of a Hunter's Life" (1820-1866).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
CUMMING, GORDON
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