Douglas Adams

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Biography: Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life 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, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame

Department: Writing

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Birthday: March 11, 1952

Deathday: May 11, 2001

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Gender: Male

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Known For:

Life, the Universe and Douglas Adams
Hyperland
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams: Parrots the Universe and Everything
Rockstar
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
Visions of Heaven and Hell