Richard Adams

Richard Adams
Adams reads from Watership Down, 2008
Adams reads from Watership Down, 2008
BornRichard George Adams
(1920-05-09)9 May 1920
Wash Common, Berkshire, England
Died24 December 2016(2016-12-24) (aged 96)
Oxford, England[1]
OccupationNovelist
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford (BA, MA)
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Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016)[2] was an English novelist whose works include Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied modern history at Oxford before serving in the British Army during World War II. After completing his studies, he joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author.[3][4]

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  3. ^ "Structo talks to Richard Adams". Structo. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  4. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (27 December 2016). "Richard Adams, Whose Novel 'Watership Down' Became a Phenomenon, Dies at 96". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

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