Gerald Durrell

Writing

Born: 1925-01-07
Died: 1995-01-30
From: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Gerald Malcolm DurrellGerry Durrell

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE (7 January 1925 – 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959. His memoirs of his family's years living in Greece were adapted into the television series The Durrells, and he wrote a number of books about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals. He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.

Awards & Nominations3 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Goncourt des animaux

1993
🏆 Won

Order of the Golden Ark

🏆 Won

Officer of the Order of the British Empire