Richard Adams

Richard Adams, in full Richard George Adams, lived from 10 May 1920 to 24 December 2016 and was an English novelist best known for his debut novel Watership Down, which won international acclaim after its publication in 1972. His other books included Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied Modern History at Worcester College, Oxford, served in the British Army during the Second World War, and afterwards joined the British Civil Service. Two years after Watership Down appeared, in 1974, he became a full-time author. He is recorded in the Literature atlas as the author of the animal fantasy that the Film and Media atlas also holds in its 1978 animated screen adaptation.