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Internationally, Durrell's most significant programmes may have been the 15-part series he and his second wife, the zoologist Lee McGeorge, made for Russian television in the years of perestroika.

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Conservationist and author Gerald Durrell and Lee McGeorge first met in 1977; two years later they were married. By the time Durrell died in 1995 they had travelled the world together on numerous conservation expeditions and co-written two books: A Practical Guide for the Amateur Naturalist, and Durrell in Russia.

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Lee Durrell, as widow of Gerald Durrell, brings a particular standing and expertise to AFD. She received a Ph.D. in Zoology from Duke University in 1979 and worked alongside her late husband in the field of species conservation, popularizing it through books, radio and television.. Harriet McGeorge is a registered landscape architect with.

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He met, wooed and married Lee McGeorge, a beautiful zoology graduate from Tennessee, 30 years his junior, founded his zoo, developed his trust and became the grand old man of conservation, capable.

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His American wife Lee McGeorge Durrell, 43, is leading a campaign to save the world's rarest tortoise, the ploughshare, also from Madagascar. The couple live in Jersey and the South of France.

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Leslie Durrell (1918-1983), [1] described in Gerald Durrell's Corfu trilogy as having an interest in guns, hunting, and sailing, and according to his sister's book Whatever Happened to Margo?, was interested in painting. Margaret Durrell (1919-2007), ran a boarding house in Bournemouth.

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Lee McGeorge Durrell MBE (née McGeorge; born September 7, 1949) is an American naturalist, author, zookeeper, and television presenter. She is best known for her work at the Jersey Zoological Park in the British Channel Island of Jersey with her late husband, Gerald Durrell, and for co-authoring books with him. [1] [2] Biography

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After Mr Durrell sadly died in 1928, Louisa and her three youngest children - Leslie, Margo and Gerald - moved to England, while eldest son Lawrence was already at a boarding school there. In.

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Gerald Malcolm Durrell, OBE (7 January 1925 - 30 January 1995) was a British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter. He founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Jersey Zoo on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1959.

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ITV | Radio Times Home TV Drama What do we know about the real-life Durrells and their adventures in Corfu? What do we know about the real-life Durrells and their adventures in Corfu? Louisa.

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In the mid-fifties, as Durrell became increasingly disenchanted with the way zoos were run, he began planning to open his own zoo and finally did in 1959 in Jersey. The zoo became a leading force in captive breeding of endangered species. Durrell and Wolfenden divorced in 1979 and soon after, Durrell married his second wife, Lee McGeorge Durrell.

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Native Memphian Lee Durrell, formerly Lee McGeorge, is currently the Honorary Director of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, an international charity with the global mission of saving species from extinction.

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Lee McGeorge Durrell MBE is an American naturalist, author, zookeeper, and television presenter. She is best known for her work at the Jersey Zoological Park in the British Channel Island of Jersey with her late husband, Gerald Durrell, and for co-authoring books with him.

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Lee Durrell. 'Once I was there it became quite obvious we were going to be together.' Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian Family Interview Gerald Durrell was my hero. I married him for.

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Gerald Durrell was a British pioneering naturalist, conservationist, author, founder of a unique zoo in Jersey, and a TV presenter. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, career, and achievements.. Spouse/Ex-: Lee McGeorge Durrell (m. 1979), Jacquie Durrell (m. 1951-1979) father: Lawrence Samuel Durrell, mother.

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"It's exactly what Gerry set out for the book to be!" says Lee McGeorge Durrell triumphantly, on the phone from Jersey Zoo, the institute her former husband founded in 1959 to preserve.