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character sketch of Gavin Maxwell

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For the canoer, see Gavin Maxwell (canoer).Gavin MaxwellBorn15 July 1914
Elrig, Dumfries and Galloway, ScotlandDied7 September 1969 (aged 55)
Inverness, Scotland[1]OccupationAuthorAlma materHertford College, OxfordGenreNatural history, Travel literatureNotable worksRing of Bright Water

Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS (Sc.), FRGS[2] (15 July 1914 – 7 September 1969) was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his nonfiction writing and his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water (1960) about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. The otter was of a previously unknown sub-species which was subsequently named after Maxwell. Ring of Bright Water sold more than a million copies and was made into a film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969. The title Ring of Bright Water was taken from the poem "The Marriage of Psyche" by Kathleen Raine, who said in her autobiography that Maxwell had been the love of her life

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Gavin Maxwell: Maxwell was a naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. 

Maxwell's famous book Ring of Bright Water (1960) describes how, in 1956, he brought a smooth-coated otter back from Iraq and raised it in Camusfearna at Sandaig Bay on the west coast of Scotland