Simon King

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Simon King (2012)

Simon Henry King (born December 27, 1962 in Nairobi , Kenya ) is a British presenter and cameraman for the BBC . He is mainly concerned with the African fauna with a focus on cheetahs .

Career

King was born in Nairobi but immigrated to Bristol with his parents when he was two years old , where he grew up. When his parents divorced, he lived with his sister with his mother. From 1973 to 1978 he went to Henford School , a secondary school in Bristol.

In 1979 he produced his first film for television. This was shown on the The World About Us series. Since then he has been involved in more than 80 natural history films in various capacities.

King became internationally known for raising two baby cheetahs by hand in Kenya , whose parents were killed by lions . He named the two of them Toki and Sambu. The two animals were released into the wild at the appropriate age and taught to hunt. Sambu was torn by lions one night, only Toki reached adulthood.

Since 2002 he has hosted the Big Cat Diary series . There he works with Jonathan Scott and Saba Douglas-Hamilton .

Awards

In December 2009, King was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services in wildlife photography and wildlife conservation .

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b New Year's Honors List in full. The Daily Telegraph , December 30, 2009, accessed October 20, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Interview with Simon King ( memento from July 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on simonkingwildlife.com
  3. ↑ Simon King - Wildlife Photographer. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012 ; accessed on October 20, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Simon King BBCGermany.
  5. ^ Toki - A Cheetah Grows Up SWR, accessed January 2, 2009
personal data
SURNAME King, Simon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES King, Simon Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British presenter and cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Nairobi , Kenya