Gerald Durrell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerald Durrell

naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1925

Place of Birth: Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1995

Profession: writer, biologist, presenter, conservationist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gerald Malcolm Durrell, (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 two television series (My Family and Other Animals, 1987, and The Durrells, 2016–2019) and one television film (My Family and Other Animals, 2005).
He wrote approximately forty books, mainly about his life as an animal collector and enthusiast, the most famous being My Family and Other Animals (1956).
He was the youngest brother of novelist Lawrence Durrell.