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Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959.
Gerald Durrell was a champion of all animals, especially those under threat and over looked by others. Born in India in 1925, Gerald Durrell spent much of his childhood in Corfu, a magical time described in his much-loved book 'My Family and Other Animals'.
Gerald Durrell was a British pioneering naturalist, conservationist, author, founder of a unique zoo in Jersey, and a TV presenter. He was known for his pioneering work in preserving endangered animal species.
Jan 30, 1995 · Gerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell was born in India in 1925. His elder siblings are Lawrence Durrell , Leslie Durrell, and Margaret Durrell . His family settled on Corfu when Gerald was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife.
1 day ago · Gerald Durrell: The Authorized Biography, Douglas Botting (1999) "Durrelliania": An Illustrated Checklist of Inscribed Books of Lawrence Durrell and Gerald Durrell and Associated Publications, Letters and Notes in the Library of Jeremy J. C. Mallinson, edited by Jeremy Mallinson (1999) Amateurs in Eden: The Story of a Bohemian Marriage: Nancy and Lawrence Durrell, Joanna Hodgkin (2012)
Gerald Durrell was the boy who enjoyed an idyllic childhood and grew into a legendary, larger-than-life figure who revolutionised zoos and the world of conservation. It is more than two decades since Gerald passed away but the zoo he founded in Jersey, now a major conservation organisation, continues to thrive.
Jul 16, 2024 · Gerald was the younger brother of the novelist Lawrence Durrell, whose tetralogy The Alexandria Quartet was an instant modernist classic in the 1960s. Lawrence is a frequent target of Gerald’s jokes in what came to be known as The Corfu Trilogy : My Family and Other Animals; Birds, Beasts, and Relatives; and The Garden of the Gods.
5 days ago · Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925 before his family returned to England three years later. They later settled in the island of Corfu, where they lived until 1939.
My Family and Other Animals (1956) is an autobiographical book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It tells in an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised way of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on the Greek island of Corfu between 1935 and 1939.
Gerald Durrell has 153 books on Goodreads with 260229 ratings. Gerald Durrell’s most popular book is My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1).
