Richard Adams
English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Lived 1920 to 2016 · aged 96
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.
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Martin Rosen Directed Watership Down and The Plague Dogs
Nigel Hawthorne Also in Watership Down and The Plague Dogs
Richard Lester Directed The Four Musketeers (1975)- Joss Ackland Also in The Four Musketeers and Watership Down
Richard Briers Also in The Four Musketeers and Watership Down- Roy Kinnear Also in The Four Musketeers and Watership Down
Gordon Hessler Directed The Girl in a Swing (1988)
Jake Eberts Produced The Plague Dogs (1982)
Alexander Salkind Produced The Four Musketeers (1975)- Ilya Salkind Produced The Four Musketeers (1975)
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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.
