Gerald Durrell

Gerald Durrell OBE
Durrell in Askania Nova, 1985
Born	Gerald Malcolm Durrell (1925-01-07)7 January 1925 Jamshedpur, British India
Died	30 January 1995(1995-01-30) (aged 70) Saint Helier, Jersey
Known for	Naturalist writer founder of Jersey Zoo television presenter conservationist
Spouses	Jacquie Wolfenden ​ ​ (m. 1951; div. 1979)​ Lee Wilson ​ (m. 1979)​
Parents	Lawrence Samuel Durrell Louisa Florence Durrell (née Dixie)
Relatives	Lawrence Durrell (brother) Margaret Durrell (sister) Leslie Durrell (brother)
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Durrell

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. He wrote approximately forty books, mainly about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals (1956). Those memoirs of his family's years living in Greece were adapted into two television series (My Family and Other Animals, 1987, and The Durrells, 2016–2019) and one television film (My Family and Other Animals, 2005). He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.