Durrell was enrolled in Wickwood School, but usually stayed at home feigning illness. Back in England, the Durrells settled in the Upper Norwood - Crystal Palace area of South London. The family moved to England after the death of his father in 1928. Durrell reportedly recalls his first visit to a zoo in India, and attributes his life-long love of animals to that encounter. 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 (nursemaid). He was the fourth surviving and final child of Louisa Florence Dixie and Lawrence Samuel Durrell. His parents were born in India, of English and Irish descent. Durrell was born in Jamshedpur, India on January 7, 1925.
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