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Gerald Durrell

(1925–1995) Writer United Kingdom

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Gerald Durrell was a writer from the United Kingdom, best known for My Family and other Animals.

Quick Facts About Gerald Durrell

Born
January 7, 1925
Died
January 30, 1995
Nationality
United Kingdom
Profession
Writer
Notable works
My Family and other Animals
Spouse
Lee McGeorge Durrell

About Gerald Durrell

Gerald Malcolm Durrell was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He was born in Jamshedpur in British India, and moved to England when his father died in 1928. In 1935 the family moved to Corfu, and stayed there for four years, before the outbreak of World War II forced them to return to the UK. In 1946 he received an inheritance from his father's will that he used to fund animal-collecting trips to the British Cameroons and British Guiana. He married Jacquie Rasen in 1951; they had very little money, and she persuaded him to write an account of his first trip to the Cameroons. The result, titled The Overloaded Ark, sold well, and he began writing accounts of his other trips. An expedition to Argentina and Paraguay followed in 1953, and three years later he published My Family and Other Animals, which became a bestseller.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Officer of the Order of the British Empire Goncourt des animaux Order of the Golden Ark

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