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Gerald ('Gerry') Malcolm Durrell, OBE (January 7, 1925 – January 30, 1995) was a naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author, and television presenter.
He founded what is now called the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo (now renamed Durrell Wildlife) on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1958, but is perhaps
best remembered for writing a number of books based on his life as an animal collector and enthusiast.
He was the brother of the novelist Lawrence Durrell.Durrell was born in Bihar Province, India on January 7, 1925. His parents had themselves been born in India but were of English and Irish descent.
He was the fourth surviving and final child of Louisa Florence Dixie and Lawrence Samuel Durrell. Durrell's father was a British engineer, and as befitting family status, the infant Durrell
spent most of his time in the company of the ayah (nursemaid).
Durrell reportedly recalls his first visit to a zoo in India, and attributes his life-long love of animals to that encounter. The family moved to England after the death of his father in 1928.
Back in England, the Durrells settled in the Upper Norwood - Crystal Palace area of South London.
Durrell was enrolled in Wickwood School, but usually stayed at home feigning illness.

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