Gerald Durrell

Gerald Gerry Malcolm Durrell, OBE was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter. He founded what are now called the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Durrell Wildlife Park on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959, but is perhaps best remembered for writing a number of books based on his life as an animal collector and enthusiast. He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.

Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India onJanuary 1925. He was the fourth and final child of Louisa Florence Dixie and Lawrence Samuel Durrell, both of whom were born in India of English and Irish descent. Durrells father was a British engineer and, as was commonplace and befitting the family status, the infant Durrell spent most of his time in the company of an ayah . Durrell reportedly recalled his first visit to a zoo in India and attributed his lifelong love of animals to that encounter.

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