Gerald Durrell

Jan 7, 1925 - Jan 30, 1995

Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE 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. Those memoirs of his family's years living in Greece were adapted into two television series and one television film. He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.
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“A house is not a home until it has a dog.”

Gerald Durrell
Jan 7, 1925 - Jan 30, 1995
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