Philip Hope Percival (1886–1966) was an English-born renowned white hunter and early safari guide in colonial Kenya.
Hemingway modelled the fictional hunter Robert Wilson in his story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" after Percival.
When Philip turned 21 he inherited a small sum of money and struck out to join his brother in Africa, sailing to Mombasa.
[1] Upon reaching Africa, Percival was quick to pick up hunting with his brother, and Harold and Clifford Hill, who were also ostrich farmers.
[5] As he became more ingrained into the hunting life, Percival joined the safari company Newland and Tarlton, along with other hunters like Alan Black.