7th September 1949
Lee Wilson, Gerald Durrell’s wife and co-author, is born
Lee McGeorge Wilson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but moved to Jersey after marrying the naturalist, Gerald Durrell, in 1979. She played an active role in the management of Jersey Zoo and, following Gerald’s death, in the renaming of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust in his honour.
She accompanied him on three expeditions and helped co-author some of his books, including A Practical Guide for the Amateur Naturalist, and Durrell in Russia. She edited The Best of Gerald Durrell and was a consultant on the ITV series, The Durrells.
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Other events that occured in September
Site for Springfield Stadium is selected
- The site on which the 960-capacity Springfield Stadium now sits was owned by the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society.
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The mail packet ‘Express’ is wrecked
- The Express mail packet hit rocks close to La Corbiere on a journey from Weymouth to Jersey via Guernsey.
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Death of the Jersey-born ‘it’ girl
- Elinor Glyn was the original ‘it’ girl. She was born Elinor Sutherland in St Helier, and had a successful Hollywood scriptwriting career.
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Girl dies of neglect at a Jersey hospital
- When illegitimate Eva Downton died at Jersey General Hospital, her mother was charged with four years of neglect leading to infanticide.
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