Stephanides, Theo, Island Trails (Macdonald, London, 1973. Introduction by Gerald Durrell) Tudge, Colin, Last Animals at the Zoo: How Mass Extinction can be Stopped (Hutchinson, London, 1991)
Vandivert, Rita, To the Rescue: Seven Heroes of Conservation (Frederick Warne, New York, 1982. Includes Gerald Durrell)
Index
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 548
Achirimbi II (Fon of Bafut) 151–2, 154–8, 219, 244, 245, 247–8, 149
Adamson, Joy 266
‘African Dialogue, An’ (poem) 60–1
Agathi 41
Albignac, Professor Roland 500
Aldington, Richard 208
Alexandria Quartet (L. Durrell) 222, 242, 446
Allard, Miss 21
Allchurch, Tony 486, 487
Amateur Naturalist, The (book) 477 506–8, 512–13, 520–1, 557, 567
Amateur Naturalist, The (television series) 509, 510–12, 513, 515, 517–21
Andrai (Andreas) 130–2
Andrews, Eamonn 516
Andrex 576
angwantibo 130, 136, 139, 151
Animal Attitudes (radio series) 259
Animal People (television series) 335–6
Anne, Princess 374–6, 481, 523, 524–6, 527, 548, 553, 574–5 603
Anomalurus (flying squirrel) 148–9
Argentina 209–13, 216, 258, 263–4 267–73
Ark on the Move (television series) 494–501, 503–4, 507, 513
Ark’s Anniversary, The 568
Armstrong, Michael 277, 278, 279, 280, 289–90, 404
Aspioti, Marie 347
Assam 402, 423–4, 429, 430, 432–8
Astrakhan Reserve (Soviet Union) 536–8
Attenborough, Sir David 184–5, 220, 258, 263, 273–4, 283–4, 317, 334–5, 544, 572–3, 590, 603
Australia 303–4, 351–5
Aye-Aye and I, The 577
aye-ayes 558–60, 564
Bafut Beagles, The 166, 204, 206, 209, 216, 218, 219–20, 244, 364
Bailey, Charlie 90, 91
Barber, Lynn 505
Barro Colorado Island 514
Bateman, Sue 401, 402, 404
Beal, Captain William 90, 100
Beasts in my Bed (J. Durrell) 329, 350
Beasts in my Belfry 370, 386
Bedford, Duke of 93
Beebe, William 601
Belize 554
Bell, Annette 278
Belle Vue Zoo 181, 185, 236
Berenty Reserve (Madagascar) 497
Bergman, Ingrid 369
Binns, Harold 77–8
Birds, Beasts and Relatives 342
bison 530–1
Bitter Lemons (L. Durrell) 242, 256
black-footed ferret 574
Blampied, Nick 277
Blessed, Brian 549
Bloxam, Quentin 278, 288, 558, 600
Blythe, Ronald 369
Boizard, Betty 278, 310
Boizard, Mrs 482
Boston Globe 476
Brambell, Dr Michael 381–2
Branch, Dix 339, 341, 345
Breeze, Gerry 277, 291
Breeze, Jack 72, 76, 141–2, 189
Brewster, Kingman 450
Briggs, Molly 26
British Guiana 176–9
Brown, Alastair 500, 513, 519
Brutsch, François and Sheila 413
Bryan, Felicity 475, 477, 489
buffalo 93
Bull, Peter 344, 345, 396, 566
Bull Called Marius, A 313–14
Burroughs, Miss 19
Burton, John 359, 544
Calthorpe, Lady Saranne 333–4, 350, 351 352, 366–7
Cameroon 104, 115–39, 143–73, 233–4, 236–7, 239, 243–9, 555
Canada 543
Cansdale, George 184, 185, 192, 203 204, 215–16
captive breeding 257, 371–3, 477–80, 574–5 see also Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Jersey Zoo
Carr, Reverend Geoffrey 67
Carr, Timothy 277
Catch me a Colobus (book) 364, 365, 370
Catch me a Colobus (television series) 330–1
Chalikiopoulos, Spyros (Spiro) 34–5, 36, 37, 51, 67, 71
Channel 4 509
Chester Zoo 172
Chicago Sun-Times 461–2
Cholmondeley (Chumley, chimpanzee) 137, 202–4, 215
Cholmondeley (the second, chimpanzee) 249, 252–4, 256, 259, 261, 262, 281, 290, 296
Christian World 262
Cobham, David 385, 386, 396, 406
Coffey, Philip 487–8
Cohen, Eve see Durrell, Eve
Collins, William 333, 337, 364, 382, 482
Condos, Anthony 103–4
Condos, Maria 71, 103–4, 512
Condos, Menelaos 337
Constantine, King of Greece 338
Cook, Sophie 209–10, 216, 236, 247, 287, 316
Corfu 32–73, 294–5, 331–3, 337, 344–8, 517–18, 546–7, 605–6
Country Life 207
Countryman 205
Coutanche, Lady 313
Coward, Noël 299, 382
Cowles, Fleur 394–5, 465, 472, 481, 544
Cowles, Tom 465
Craigton, Lord 382, 566
Curcumelli, Marie 346
Curtis Brown, Spencer 201, 202, 204, 298, 337, 341
Cyprus 222–3
Cyprus Review 223
Daily Despatch 205
Daily Mail 206, 331, 333
Daily Telegraph 215, 242, 250, 288, 476
Damaskinos, Andreas 335
Danforth, Sophie 391
Daniells, Tony 581
Darvinsky Reserve (Soviet Union) 532, 533
Deane, Loomis 295
Delacour, Jean 221
Desert Island Discs 359
Diane (‘Ursula Pendragon White’) 140–3
Dixie, George 4
Dixie, John 11
Dobson, Roderick 277
dodo 240, 526
Donen, Stanley 241, 298
Donkey Rustlers, The 330, 350, 364, 396
Drosdov, Nick 532
Drunken Forest, The 216, 220
du Fu, Leonard 482
Dudley Zoo 236
Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) 416
Duncan, Emerson 391
Duncan, Malcolm 186, 193
Durham University 554
Durrell, Dora (née Johnstone) (grandmother) 6, 8, 9
Durrell, Doris (née Hall) (wife of Leslie) 107, 138, 222, 342, 512
Durrell, Eve (née Cohen) (second wife of Lawrence) 76, 107, 193, 194, 222, 223, 242
Durrell, Gerald Malcolm: Characteristics 125, 188, 384, 400, 475, 484, 485
appearance 174, 280, 299, 317
charisma and charm 125, 174, 175, 261, 299, 300, 311, 418, 511
dislike of public speaking 509
generosity 358
good listener 488
inclusiveness 260
intelligence 79, 84
interest in people 260, 474, 486
jealousy 456–7, 472, 500
mischievousness 384, 400
mood swings 473, 511, 581
photographic memory 9, 199, 231
qualities 48–9, 98, 298, 299, 601
reclusiveness 314–15
sense of humour 5, 97, 174, 374, 403
shyness and insecurity 385, 485, 501, 509
Early Years: animal collections and pets 18, 19, 22, 42, 49, 51–3, 69
appearance 5, 81–2
birth 3–4
in Bournemouth 18, 20, 80
on Corfu 32–71, 225–6, 547
in Dulwich 15, 16
education and schooling 20–1, 77–9, 83–4
education by Larry 57–8, 79
effect of father’s death 13, 14
friendship with Theodore St
ephanides 45–8, 51–2, 67, 79, 226
infancy in India 4, 7–13
health and physique 571
love of reading 57, 83–4
military medical examination 84–7
at nursery 19–20
passion for animals 11, 12, 14
sexual experiences 80–1
tutors 42–3, 56, 58–9, 66, 226
working on farm 87–8
working in pet shop 74–5
Health: abdominal and back pains 577, 579
arthritis 545–6, 547, 548, 558
bladder problem 573
breakdown 348–50, 350–1, 356, 360, 361, 403
liver cancer 583–97
compulsive-obsessive syndrome 348
depression 348, 367, 403, 405, 508
deterioration 572, 582
and drinking 3, 182, 348, 349, 365, 405, 488–9, 550, 571–2, 580–1
grand mal seizures 508, 571–2, 594
heart attack 489
jaundice 225
lens implants 552
malaria 138, 140, 179, 184, 194, 248
pneumonia 394
spinal injury 327–8
stomach pains 560, 582–3
vertigo 510–11
Personal Life: break-up of first marriage 320, 397–8, 401–4, 405–6, 408, 412–414, 460, 462
and cooking 356–7, 399
death 598–9
early girlfriends 96–7, 106–7
and entertaining 357, 399
inheritance 99
and Les Augrès Manor 472–3
lifestyle 314, 356–9, 399, 550–1
love of reading 358
and Mazet farmhouse 296, 333, 365–6, 399, 401, 445–7, 448–9, 450, 502, 505, 550, 557, 566–7, 576, 578
memorial service and celebration 600–1, 603
and money 184, 191–2, 286, 291, 398–9, 522–3, 542
and mother’s death 316–17, 349
musical tastes 359
obituaries and tributes 599–600
as public speaker 217–18, 424
relationship with brother Lawrence 366, 551, 565
relationship with brother Leslie 343
relationship with mother 6, 12, 18, 26–7
self-image 456–7
sense of isolation 318
and sex 83
success 299
television performances 258, 494, 261, 262, 331, 385, 386, 495
views on human race 398, 485, 579–80
and women 82–3, 97, 174, 351, 357, 594
Writing Career 78, 195–7, 319, 359–60, 364, 377, 592
articles 293
attitude towards 364–5
autobiography 578–9, 582
children’s books 292, 330, 394, 551, 568
decline in sales 414–15, 477
dislike of writing 193, 194, 198, 216, 312–13
early writing 43–4, 58, 59–60
earnings 202, 214
encouraged by Lawrence 23, 78, 79, 193–4, 565
fame and success 542
fan mail 218–19
fiction style 350
limericks 360
opinion of own talent 216–17
poetry 58, 59–60, 60–1, 272–3, 406–7, 557
qualities 147, 196, 199–200, 217, 312
radio broadcasts 197, 239, 258–9
screen adaptation of Tarka the Otter 396
techniques 198, 199
see also individual titles
Zoological Career: ambition to have own zoo 181, 215, 220–1
attitude towards animals 284, 300, 401, 505
awards 503, 554, 555, 419, 420, 552, 515, 516, 548
barn owl campaign 544
at Belle Vue Zoo 185
Bournemouth zoo plans 237–9, 247, 249, 250–2, 254–5, 257–8, 258
and British zoo establishment 184–5, 192, 204, 318, 575
on captive breeding 237, 301, 371, 372–3
and conservation 92–3, 239–41, 304–5, 317, 331, 374, 400–1, 403, 435, 473, 479–81, 494, 505, 543–4, 548–9, 551
fan mail 330
fund-raising trips to America 366, 386–91, 416–17, 424, 461–2, 488, 493, 508, 509
lack of formal qualifications 78–9, 84, 505–6
at Margate menagerie 192
at Whipsnade 89, 90–1, 92, 94–5, 98–9, 100
on zoos 100–1, 180–1, 184–5, 274, 300, 371
see also Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Jersey Zoo
Zoological Expeditions: Argentina: (1953) 209–13, 216
(1958) 258, 263–4, 267–73
Assam (1978) 402, 423–4, 429, 430, 432–8
Australia: (1962) 303–4
(1969) 351–5
Belize (1989) 554
British Guiana (1950) 176–9
Cameroon: (1947–8) 115–39
(1949) 143–73,555
(1957) 233–4, 236–7, 239, 243–9
Madagascar: (1981) 496–500
(1990) 557–63
Mauritius: (1976) 404, 408–12, 491
(1977) 491–3
563–4
Mexico (1968) 339–41
Paraguay (1954) 212–15
Sierra Leone (1965) 320–8, 329, 365
Soviet Union (1984) 529–41
Durrell, Jacquie (née Wolfenden) (first wife) 174: and Argentina expeditions 209, 210, 214, 268–9
Australian trip 404
Beasts in my Bed 329, 350
break-up of marriage 320, 397–8, 401–3, 405–6, 412–14
and Cameroon expeditions 236, 244, 245, 248
and Cholmondeley 252–3
development of relationship with GD 175–6, 178, 180–3
early married life 191–2
elopement and marriage to GD 188–90
on GD 315, 316–17, 386
and GD’s death 387
and GD’s writing 193–6, 200, 216, 230, 259
and Jersey Zoo 278–81, 291, 309, 311–12, 314, 318–19, 350, 379
love of animals 401
meets GD’s family 186–7, 193
musical tastes 359
opera career 175
personality 179–80, 188
relationship and marriage to GD 246, 269–70, 271, 272, 273, 296–7, 318–19, 323, 327, 337, 348, 351, 351, 386, 397, 442
Durrell, Lawrence George (brother) 21, 76, 108, 401, 465
character 343, 399–400
and Claude Forde 242, 294, 335, 345
on Corfu 27, 28, 33–4, 37–8, 49–50, 61–2, 68–9, 71–3
on Cyprus 222–3, 242
death 565
and drinking 572
early years 4, 5, 8
edits Booster 58
encourages GD to write 23, 78, 79, 193–4, 565
and Eve Cohen 76, 223
in France 296, 333, 360–1, 366, 369
on GD 571
and GD’s early animal collections 54, 55
on GD’s writing 208, 220
love of hunting 64, 65
marriage and relationship with Nancy 24, 29, 69–70, 76
reaction to My Family and Other Animals 230
relationship with GD 366, 551, 565
relationship with brother Leslie 25, 37, 343
relationship with mother 6
tutors GD 57, 58, 79
writing career 23, 27, 204, 222, 232, 242, 256, 262
see also individual titles
Durrell, Lawrence Samuel (father) 3, 4, 6–7, 8, 9, 11–12
Durrell, Lee (née McGeorge) (second wife) 552, 566, 604, 605
and The Amateur Naturalist 506, 507
awarded doctorate 464–5
background 417
first meeting and early relationship with GD 417–22, 424–9, 438–44, 449–51
and GD’s death 599
and GD’s decline in health 588, 592, 594, 598
and GD’s drinking 488–9
GD’s jealousy ove
r 500–1
GD’s love for 429–31, 451
GD’s letters to 430–5, 437–8, 445, 447–8, 452–8, 460–3, 472
GD’s marriage proposal 427–8
influence on GD 471
love for GD 591–2, 594
and Madagascar conference 515, 516
marriage to GD 471–2, 474, 500, 501, 542, 550, 554–5, 575–6
Ph.D thesis 417, 461, 463, 464
and State of the Ark 546
and television 495, 522
wedding plans and preparations 449, 453, 459–60, 465–7
Durrell, Leslie Stewart (brother): appearance 187, 343
on Corfu 36, 62–3, 69
death 512
and Doris Hall 107, 222, 343
early days 4, 5, 8, 26
liaison with Maria Condos 103, 104
love of guns and shooting 36, 50, 64, 65
problems 102–3, 342–3
relationship with brother Lawrence 25, 37, 343
unfit for military service 77
Durrell, Louisa Florence (née Dixie) (mother) 25–6, 76, 183, 186–7
background 3–4
character 4–6, 23
and cooking 22–3, 25, 36–7
on Corfu 28–9, 32–3, 36, 70–1
death 316
and death of husband 12–13
frailty and ill-health in later years 315–16
interest in paranormal 6, 15–16
and Jersey Zoo 282, 289
loneliness 305
move to Bournemouth 17–18
nervous breakdown 18–19
reaction to My Family and Other Animals 230
relationship with children 6, 25–7, 102
Durrell, Mahala (great-grandmother) 6
Durrell, Margaret (sister) 66, 103, 186, 230, 266, 369, 488
on Corfu 36, 50, 65, 71, 72
divorce from Breeze 107
early days 4, 8, 23
and father’s illness 11
on GD 83, 183–4, 185, 348, 406, 472, 581, 595
marriage to Breeze 76
marriage to Duncan 193
and mother’s death 316
Durrell, Margery Ruth (sister) 5
Durrell, Nancy (née Myers) (first wife of Lawrence) 8–9, 12, 24–6, 29, 37, 49, 61, 69–70, 76
Durrell, Penelope (daughter of Lawrence) 76
Durrell, Sappho (daughter of Lawrence) 565–6
Durrell, William 6
Durrell in Russia (book) 546, 567
Durrell in Russia (television series) 510, 521–2, 546, 557
Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology (DICE) 555, 574
Durrell’s Ark 548
Earth Summit (1992) 574–5
Eckard, Steve 387–8
Edge of Extinction, The 489
Eggbert (chajá) 212
Eldredge, Niles 607
Elizabeth II, Queen 509
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother 544
Emmett, Alex 49
Encounters with Animals (book) 259, 260, 267