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Gerald Durrell

British naturalist and writer (1925–1995)

PersonDied aged 70humanQ310400

Also known as Gerald Malcolm Durrell

Born: January 7, 1925
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-04-27
2.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in The PeerageRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
6.Stated in BnF authorities
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Died: January 30, 1995
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in The PeerageRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
5.Stated in BnF authorities
6.Stated in Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
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Birthplace: Jamshedpur
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1.Stated in Great Norwegian EncyclopediaRetrieved 2026-10-17
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Place of death: Jersey
Citizenship: United Kingdom
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1.Stated in LIBRISRetrieved 2018-08-24
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Occupation: writer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-06-25
2.Stated in The Fine Art Archive DbRetrieved 2021-04-01
3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, conservationist
, presenter
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Employer: Jersey Zoo
, none
Spouse: Jacquie Durrell(1951–1979)
, Lee McGeorge Durrell(since 1979)

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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.

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Father: Lawrence Samuel Durrell
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1.Stated in Kindred Britain
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Mother: Louisa Durrell
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Awards: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Order of the Golden Ark
Goncourt des animaux(1993)
Given name: Gerald
Malcolm
Sibling: Margaret Durrell
Lawrence Durrell
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Leslie Durrell
Name in native language: Gerald Malcolm Durrell
Family name: Durrell
Field of work: zoology
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-11
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Genre: memoir
autobiography
humorous literature
Depicted by: Relief Bust of Gerald Durrell, Kerkyra
Collection items at: Natural History Museum
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