Great people: Gerald Durrell.

Gerald Malcolm Durrell was born on January 7, 1925, Jamshedpur, British India. He was the youngest child of Lawrence Samuel and Louisa Durrells. Gerald's father died when he was just three years old.

In 1935 family moved from Britain to the Greek island Corfu. Gerald Durrell lived in village with his mother, two brothers Lawrence and Leslie, and sister Margaret. Also, boy loved animals.

My family and Other Animals is a book about Durrell's childhood. The book has a lot of humor and irony. Family had different adventures. This is my favourite book by Gerald Durrell.

Writer wrote other books such as: The Mockery Bird, The Donky Rustlers, The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure, and etc.

Durrell was married two times. His first wife wrote a book. Gerald Durrell died on January 30, 1995, Saint Halier, Jersey.