Gavin Maxwell | |
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| Born | 15 July 1914 House of Elrig, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Died | 7 September 1969 (aged 55) Inverness, Scotland[1] |
| Occupation | Author |
| Education | Stowe School |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
| Genre | Natural history, Travel literature |
| Notable works | Ring of Bright Water |
Gavin Maxwell FRSL FZS FRGS (15 July 1914 – 7 September 1969) was a British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters. He became most famous for Ring of Bright Water (1960) and its sequels, which described his experiences raising Iraqi and West African otters on the west coast of Scotland. One of his Iraqi otters was of a previously unknown sub-species which was subsequently named after Maxwell. Ring of Bright Water sold more than a million copies and was made into a film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969.[2] His other books described sharking in the Hebrides and his travels in Iraq, Morocco, and Algeria, as well as studies of recent history in Sicily and Morocco.
- ^ Botting, Douglas (1993). Gavin Maxwell, A Life. HarperCollins. p. 576. ISBN 0-246-13046-6.
- ^ "The dark love behind A Ring of Bright Water". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2021.