Richard Adams

Novelist, Author

1920 –

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Who is Richard Adams?

Richard George Adams is an English novelist who is best known as the author of Watership Down. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterward he completed his studies and then joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author. He is now semi-retired.

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Born
May 9, 1920
Newbury
Also known as
  • Richard George Adams
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Worcester College, Oxford
  • Bradfield College
  • Horris Hill School
Employment
  • University of Florida
Lived in
  • Newbury

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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