J.H. Patterson

Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, DSO, known as J.H. Patterson, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, hunter, author and Zionist, best known for his book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (1907), which details his experiences while building a railway bridge over the Tsavo river in Kenya in 1898-99. Although he was himself a Protestant, he became a major figure in Zionism as the commander of both the Zion Mule Corps and of the 38t...