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Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

English writer and humorist

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Founder of
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The Digital Village
Birthdate
March 1952
Birthplace
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Date of Death
May 11, 2001
Place of Death
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara, California
Author of
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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The deeper meaning of liff
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The Salmon of Doubt / Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency / The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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Novels
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Life, The Universe And Everything - Hard Cover
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Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen
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Starship Titanic
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The Utterly utterly merry comic relief Christmas book
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Educated at
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Brentwood School, Essex
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Cambridge
Occupation
Author
Author
Novelist
Novelist
Writer
Writer
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Playwright
Comedian
Comedian
Screenwriter
Screenwriter
ISNI
00000000804563150
Open Library ID
OL272947A0
VIAF
1132307020

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Birth Name
Douglas Noël Adams
Child
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Polly Adams
Father
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Christopher Adams (entrepreneur)
Genre
Satire
Satire
Science fiction
Science fiction
Comedy
Comedy
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Mystery
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Mother
Janet Adams
Janet Adams
Notable Work
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The Private Life of Genghis Khan
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Pseudonym
David Agnew
Short Name
Douglas Adams
Wikidata ID
Q42

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, screenwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist. Adams was author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime and generated a television series, several stage plays, comics, a video game, and a 2005 feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame.

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Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZG8HBuDjgc

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May 22, 2008

Дуглас Адамс (Douglas Adams) - Фильмы и сериалы

https://www.film.ru/person/douglas-adams

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