# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:57:05.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-adams"
name: "Richard Adams"
slug: "richard-adams"
description: "Richard George Adams was an English novelist. He is best known for his debut novel Watership Down which achieved international acclaim. His other works included Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied Modern History at Worcester College, 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."
tagline: "English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Adams_20081116.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1920-05-10"
deathDate: "2016-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump