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	Gerald Durrell Books
		Durrell succeeded in taking some of these threatened animals to his Jersey sanctuary where they could live and breed in safety and from where their progeny could be reintroduced to their natural home.
		Gerald Durrell evokes his island paradise with the passion and wonder of a small boy in the concluding novel of the warm and humorous trilogy begun with My Family and Other Animals and Birds, Beasts and Relatives.
		Gerald Durrell and his wife, Lee, lead an expedition to the island to bring pairs of the endangered species into captivity and to start a breeding programme in their Jersey zoo.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /zoodirectory/geralddurrell.htm (1051 words)

	Masterpiece Theatre \| My Family and Other Animals \| Author Gerald Durrell
		Gerald ('Gerry') Malcolm Durrell, born January 7, 1925, grew up to be a famous naturalist, animal collector and conservationist.
		Durrell ran the Zoo from its foundation until his death; his wife Lee is still Honorary Director of the Trust.
		Durrell received an OBE in 1982 and was featured in the United Nations' Roll of Honor for Environmental Achievement in 1988.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/myfamily/durrell.html (615 words)

	Who is Gerald Durrell?
		Gerald Durrell, born in Jamshedpur, India in 1925, was a British naturalist, conservationist, author, and educator.
		Durrell went on many animal collecting expeditions after that, always focusing on the collection of threatened and endangered species so that they could perhaps be saved in captivity.
		Gerald Durrell made a huge contribution to the 20th century conservation movement, founding a number of branch conservation centers all over the world, collecting and saving numerous endangered species, and revolutionizing the way zoos think about their collections.
	www.wisegeek.com /who-is-gerald-durrell.htm (752 words)

	Gerald Durrell
		Durrell had always loved animals, and as a young child in Corfu his goal was to run his own zoo.
		His family got so annoyed with this obsession, with animals Durrell had collected escaping from his room and running rampant through the house, that they converted the spare room of their house into an animal storage room in which a young Durrell was allowed to keep specimens, taxidermy projects and scientific equipment.
		Gerald learnt a lot about the animals and while he was feeding, grooming and cleaning cages he took noted his observations and compared them to some of his many wild animal books.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/2007/durrell.html (1253 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Gerald Durrell - Animal Collector, Conservationist and Author
		Durrell's father was a hard-working railway engineer who amassed a small fortune and then died suddenly when Gerald was only three, leaving his mother, Louisa Florence Durrell, to bring up four children on her own.
		Durrell hadn't yet set his theories of ecology and conservation into print, but his early books showed great respect for the animals in his care and opened the eyes of many readers to the wonders of nature.
		Durrell was distraught, first in anguish and then furious, when he realised that she meant it.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A7046363 (2220 words)

	Gerald Durrell
		Gerald was by far the largest of his mother's babies, which might explain why she had grown so huge during her pregnancy, and when he was fully grown he would stand head and shoulders not only above her but above his sister and two brothers, who were all almost as small as their mother.
		Both of Gerald's parents, as well as his grandfather on his mother's side, were Anglo-Indians in the old sense of the term (not Eurasians, but British whites with their family roots in India) who had been born and brought up in the India of the Raj.
		Gerald's father was clearly a man of exceptional ability, determination and industry who rose from relatively modest beginnings to become a trail-blazing railway builder and civil engineer of the kind celebrated by the laureate of the Raj, Rudyard Kipling — an empire-builder in the classic mould.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/b/botting-durrell.html (4451 words)

	Gerald Durrell biography reviewed by John Orr
		Durrell was a charming, inviting, amusing writer with an eye for natual beauty, a fascination for animals of all kinds and a gift for delivering a joke.
		Durrell was, luckily, born into an extraordinary family, and it's clear from this book how much his family meant in his development as a human being and as an eventual leader in movements to save animals.
		Gerald was fascinated by all animal life -- not just the lions and tigers and other large, exotic creatures that were the focus of most zoos when he was young.
	www.triviana.com /books/durrbio.htm (1493 words)

	Lawrence Durrell
		Durrell had little feeling for England and the English - when his mother had applied for a British passport, she declared: "I am a citizen of India." He attended numerous schools from 1923 to 1928 without much success, and worked for some time as a jazz pianist in a London nightclub.
		During WW II Durrell served as a press attaché to the British embassies in Cairo and Alexandria from 1941 to 1944.
		- Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, as the fourth surviving child of Louisa Florence Durrell and Lawrence Samuel Durrell.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /durrell.htm (1449 words)

	Book Review: A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerald Durrell
		Durrell had made many trips over the years to all parts of the world collecting animals for zoos, but he had always found it difficult to part with the animals on which he had lavished so much care and attention.
		Durrell does not omit the details of caring for these animals and feeding them, and he and his staff prove to be very "hands-on" caretakers, often having animals sleeping in boxes near their beds.
		Durrell is a lively writer with a commitment to conservation and a tremendous sense of fun.
	mostlyfiction.com /adventure/durrell.htm (1192 words)

	THE DURRELL SCHOOL OF CORFU: for the adventurous and enquiring mind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		PRESS RELEASE: The Durrell School of Corfu is pleased to announce its participation in the naming of the Corfu Bosketto as "Bosketto Durrell" and the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the brothers Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) and Gerald Durrell (1925-1995).
		The Durrell School of Corfu offers a variety of activities, ranging from a series of three week-long seminars in May, June and September on specific subjects (e.g., the 2005 topics included "madness and creativity" and "borders and borderlands") to excursions that explore the rich cultural history of the Mediterranean basin.
		Gerald Durrell (1925-95) was the founder of the Jersey Zoological Park (1959).
	www.durrell-school-corfu.org (372 words)

	Amazon.com: Gerald Durrell: The Authorized Biography: Books: Douglas Botting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Gerald Durrell, as Botting shows, went on to make signal contributions as a conservationist who founded the Jersey Zoo and other organizations devoted to protecting endangered species by breeding them in captivity and then reintroducing them into their native habitats.
		Durrell's zoo, which he founded on the English isle of Jersey in 1959, pioneered the captive breeding of animals threatened with extinction, with the aim of reintroducing them to their native habitats.
		Gerald Malcolm Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, Bihar Province, India, on 7 January 1925, the fourth surviving child of Louisa Florence Durrell (nee Dixie), aged thirty-eight, and Lawrence Samuel Durrell, forty, a civil engineer.
	www.amazon.com /Gerald-Durrell-Authorized-Douglas-Botting/dp/0786707968 (1923 words)

	A discussion of Gerald Durrell - Reviewed by Colleen Mondor - Eclectica Magazine v9n4
		Durrell never wavered in his conservationist ideals, even as he struggled through a dying marriage and a writing career that paid the bills but never came easily to him.
		The Durrells were complicated and close, and their presence was a constant in his life, even when he didn't understand them or they didn't understand him.
		And although Botting is clearly a fan of Durrell, he spares him nothing and recounts the drinking that was a disastrous family trait, and the difficulties on both sides that ended the marriage with Jacquie.
	www.eclectica.org /v9n4/mondor_durrell.html (1075 words)

	The My Hero Project - Gerald Durrell
		Durrell taught himself what and how much to feed wild creatures as well as how to touch and pick them up, and how to nurse them when they were sick.
		Durrell has spoken very eloquently about the role of the Jersey Preservation Trust and the role that he believes zoos should play in wildlife conservation.
		Gerald Durrell established the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust for endangered species.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=g_durrell (1078 words)

	Gerald Durrell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 or nursemaid.
		Durrell chose the Dodo, the flightless bird of Mauritius that was mercilessly hunted to extinction in the 1600s, as the logo for both the Jersey Zoo and the Trust.
		Gerald Durrell initially faced stiff opposition and criticism from some members of the zoo community when he introduced the idea of captive breeding, and was only vindicated after successfully breeding a wide range of species.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerald_Durrell (5475 words)

	Masterpiece Theatre \| My Family and Other Animals
		Durrell, Gerald's long-suffering mother, a middle-aged widow who moves the family from villa to villa around the island according to the whims of her children.
		The Durrell's acculturation to the island is greatly aided by Spiro (Iranian comedian Omid Djalili, Casanova, Gladiator), a larger-than-life taxi-driver who learned his curious English in Chicago; and Dr. Stephanides (Chris Langham), a scholarly physician and naturalist, who bonds with Gerald over a sea slug.
		Gerald grew up to be a famous naturalist, animal-collector, and conservationist, as well as the author of 37 books.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/myfamily/index.html (303 words)

	The My Hero Project - Gerald M. Durrell
		Gerald Malcolm Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India, in 1925.
		His father died while Gerald was a baby, leaving his mother to raise her four children alone.
		Gerald Malcolm Durrell died in 1995 after a successful liver transplant, due to complications.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=g_durrell_fredricksburg (658 words)

	Ardena's Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) Page
		Gerald Durrell was born in India in 1925.
		Durrell established affiliate Trusts in the United States in 1973 and in Canada in 1985.
		For his outstanding contributions to conservation, Gerald Durrell received many international honours, including the Order of the Golden Ark awarded by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands in 1981.
	authors.ardenas-place.com /gdurrell.htm (409 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: A Zoo in My Luggage: Books: Gerald Durrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Naturalist/writer Gerald Durrell, with a writer's eye for unusual detail, a great sense of humor and absurdity, and an unquenchable enthusiasm for finding unique animals, recounts his third animal-collecting trip to the Cameroons in this classic 1960 memoir, recently reprinted.
		Supplying other people's zoos for many years, Durrell, on this trip, intends to collect specimens for his own zoo, one which will be open to the public and which will become a "self-supporting laboratory" with a captive breeding program to prevent the extinction of these species.
		Durrell provides details about the caring and feeding of these animals, and he and his staff prove to be very "hands-on" caretakers, often having animals creep into their beds.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Zoo-My-Luggage-Gerald-Durrell/dp/0140020845 (779 words)

	NS7 - Lorenz Review
		Douglas Botting's well-researched and well-written full-scale biography objectively tells the story of Gerald Durrell's life and reminds us of Gerry's significance while, in a related work, David Hughes presents us with a portrait of Gerry as seen through the eyes of one of his friends during one particular period of his life.
		The biography begins with a typical bit of Durrellian humor: Gerry's version of the story of his mother when she was pregnant with him in Jamshedpur, a story which serves to explain his love of champagne as well as his early affinity with animals.
		If this biography were a novel, one of the quotations used form the works of Gerald Durrell, the first quotation to be presented, could very well serve as the overall theme of the book.
	www.latech.edu /deusloci/deusloci/ns7/7_lorenzrev.html (1195 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Gerald Malcolm Durrell - My Family and Other Animals at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The story is actually a collection of memories from Durrell's childhood, and the teacher who assigned it assures me that it is about 90% true.
		It was actually Durrell's descriptions of the animals that brought me back to the book.
		Durrell is wonderful about bringing them to life, and conveying the sarcastic attitude that can only stem from a family who had come to grips with the fact that they are eccentric and there is nothing they can do about it.
	www.epinions.com /content_18873224836 (626 words)

	The SF Site: British Children Have More Fun -- The Corfu Trilogy
		Gerald Durrell (brother of author Lawrence Durrell) was born in Jamshedpur, India in 1925.
		Durrell met his wife-to-be, Lee, on a speaking tour to Duke University in 1977, together they continued the work Gerald had begun.
		Gerald Durrell's health deteriorated after the trip and he died, aged 70, on January 30, 1995.
	www.sfsite.com /columns/britkids05.htm (691 words)

	Homeschooling inspiration: Gerald Durrell
		Gerald was born in Jamshedpur, India, the youngest child of the third generation of Anglo-Indians of the British Raj.
		Although Theodore had a daughter around Gerald’s age, as he was 40 when he met the 10-year-old boy, he treated Gerald with respect, encouraged his interests, and allowed the boy to work with him.
		The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, whose logo is the Dodo, is a breeding zoo for endangered animals.
	home.kc.rr.com /milhmschlhq/homeschooling_Gerald_Durrell.htm (1796 words)

	BBC - Drama - My Family And Other Animals
		Eugene Simon stars as young naturalist Gerald Durrell and Imelda Staunton as his mother, in an adaptation of this famous autobiography.
		Gerald Durrell grew up to be a famous naturalist, animal-collector and conservationist.
		Gerald ran the Zoo from its foundation until his death in 1995, and his wife Lee is still Honorary Director of the Trust.
	www.bbc.co.uk /drama/myfamilyandotheranimals/index.shtml (1186 words)

	TRAVEL LITERATURE: Lawrence and Gerald Durrell
		The two brothers, Lawrence and Gerald, were born in India, the children of a British civil engineer.
		Gerald loved animals and traveled the world collecting for zoos.
		The Durrells seem to have been an awfully nice family.
	wais.stanford.edu /Tourism/tourism_lawrencegeralddurrell51901.html (342 words)

	GERALD DURRELL OBE
		Gerald Durrell was not only a famous author and naturalist, he was also a pioneering “rebel who was right”.
		Over forty years on, Durrell Wildlife continues to be a pioneer for conservation and its work is admired and emulated around the world.
		And, sadly, it has turned out that Gerald Durrell was right.
	www.durrellwildlife.org /index.cfm?a=7 (90 words)

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