![]() ![]() After marrying Jacquie Sonia Wolfenden in 1951, both began writing books to fund Durrell's expeditions and his conservation efforts. ![]() His collection practices differed significantly from common practices of the time: he never over-collected and didn't cater to animal collectors. In 1947, he began conducting wildlife collecting expeditions. The Durrell family left Corfu as World War Two began, and in 1943, Durrell served the war effort by working on a farm. Though My Family and Other Animals is semi-autobiographical and many of the characters were real people, it does leave out important facts (such as Larry's marriage and the fact that Theodore Stephanides was also married with a daughter, whom the families hoped would actually marry Gerald). Durrell moved Gerald, his sister Margo, and brother Leslie to the Greek island of Corfu to join her eldest son, Lawrence (Larry in the novel), who already lived there with his wife. The family moved to London not long before Gerald Durrell's father died. His father was an engineer in India, and both his parents were born there. Gerald Durrell was the fifth and final child of the Durrell family (an older sister died in infancy). ![]()
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