Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, DSO (10 November 1867 – 18 June 1947), known as J. H. Patterson, was a British soldier, hunter, author and Christian 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. The book has inspired three Hollywood films - Bwana Devil (1952), Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959) and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) in which he was portrayed by Val Kilmer.In the First World War, Patterson was the commander of the Jewish Legion, \"the first Jewish fighting force in nearly two millennia. And as such, he can be called the godfather of the Israeli army.\""@en }
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- John_Henry_Patterson_(author) abstract "Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, DSO (10 November 1867 – 18 June 1947), known as J. H. Patterson, was a British soldier, hunter, author and Christian 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. The book has inspired three Hollywood films - Bwana Devil (1952), Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959) and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) in which he was portrayed by Val Kilmer.In the First World War, Patterson was the commander of the Jewish Legion, \"the first Jewish fighting force in nearly two millennia. And as such, he can be called the godfather of the Israeli army.\"".