Background
Durrell, Gerald Malcolm was born on January 7, 1925 in Jamshedpur, India. Son of Lawrence Samuel and Louisa Florence (Dixie) Durrell.
Durrell, Gerald Malcolm was born on January 7, 1925 in Jamshedpur, India. Son of Lawrence Samuel and Louisa Florence (Dixie) Durrell.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yale University, 1972. Doctor of Science (honorary) U. Durham, 1988, U. Kent, 1989. Student keeper Whipsnade Park, 1945-1946.
Leader zoological collecting expedition, British Cameroons, 1947, 48, British Guiana, 1949, Argentina, Paraguay, 1953, British Cameroons, 1956, Transport-Argentine, 1958, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, 1961, Sierra Leone, 1964, Mexico, 1968, Mauritius, 1976, 77, India/Assam, 1978, Madagascar, 1981, 90.
Established own zoo, Jersey, Channel Islands, 1959. Founder Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, 1964, director, 1964-1995.
Founder Wildlife Preservation Trust International, 1973, Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada, 1986. Lecturer in field; appeared on broadcasts, British Broadcasting Corporation.
4 major television series on animals.
Author: The Overloaded Ark, 1952, Three Singles to Adventure, 1953, The Bafut Beagles, 1953, The Drunken Forest, 1955, My Family and Other Animals, 1956, Encounters with Animals, 1959, A Zoo in My Luggage, 1960, The Whispering Land, 1962, Menagerie Manor, 1964, Two in the Bush, 1966, Rosy is my Relative (novel), 1968, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, 1969, Fillets of Plaice, 1971, Catch Maine a Colobus, 1972, Beasts in my Belfry, 1973, The Stationary Ark, 1976, Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons, 1977, The Garden of the Gods, 1978, The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium, 1979, The Mockery Bird, 1981, The Amateur Naturalist, 1982, How to Shoot an AmateurNaturalist, 1984, Durrell in Russia, 1986, The Ark"s Anniversary, 1990, Marrying Office Mother, 1991, The Aye-aye and I, 1992.
Educated private tutors. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Yale University, 1972. Doctor of Science (honorary) U. Durham, 1988, U. Kent, 1989.
Student keeper Whipsnade Park, 1945-1946.
Leader zoological collecting expedition, British Cameroons, 1947, 48, British Guiana, 1949, Argentina, Paraguay, 1953, British Cameroons, 1956, Transport-Argentine, 1958, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, 1961, Sierra Leone, 1964, Mexico, 1968, Mauritius, 1976, 77, India/Assam, 1978, Madagascar, 1981, 90. Established own zoo, Jersey, Channel Islands, 1959.
Founder Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, 1964, director, 1964-1995. Founder Wildlife Preservation Trust International, 1973, Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada, 1986.
Lecturer in field; appeared on broadcasts, British Broadcasting Corporation.
4 major television series on animals. Author: The Overloaded Ark, 1952, Three Singles to Adventure, 1953, The Bafut Beagles, 1953, The Drunken Forest, 1955, My Family and Other Animals, 1956, Encounters with Animals, 1959, A Zoo in My Luggage, 1960, The Whispering Land, 1962, Menagerie Manor, 1964, Two in the Bush, 1966, Rosy is my Relative (novel), 1968, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, 1969, Fillets of Plaice, 1971, Catch Maine a Colobus, 1972, Beasts in my Belfry, 1973, The Stationary Ark, 1976, Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons, 1977, The Garden of the Gods, 1978, The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium, 1979, The Mockery Bird, 1981, The Amateur Naturalist, 1982, How to Shoot an AmateurNaturalist, 1984, Durrell in Russia, 1986, The Ark"s Anniversary, 1990, Marrying Office Mother, 1991, The Aye-aye and I, 1992. Children"s books: The New Noah, 1956, Island Zoo, 1961, Look at Zoos, 1961, My Favourite Animal Stories, 1963, The Donkey Rustlers, 1968, The Talking Parcel, 1974, The Fantastic Flying Journey, 1987, Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure, 1989, Keeper, 1990, Toby the Tortoise, 1991.
Fellow International Institute Arts and Letters, Institute Biology, Zoological Society. Member British Ornithologists Union. Died January 30, 1995.
Married Jacqueline Sonia Rasen, 1951 (divorced). Married second, Lee Wilson McGeorge, 1979. Children"s books: The New Noah, 1956, Island Zoo, 1961, Look at Zoos, 1961, My Favourite Animal Stories, 1963, The Donkey Rustlers, 1968, The Talking Parcel, 1974, The Fantastic Flying Journey, 1987, Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure, 1989, Keeper, 1990, Toby the Tortoise, 1991.