Novelist Richard George Adams

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Richard George Adams

Living place: England

Birthday: 9-5-1920 (104 years old)

Global rank: #49921

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Who is Novelist Richard George Adams?
British author known for his 1972 classic novel, Watership Down. The work, following Virgil's Aeneid model, focuses on the epic journeys of a group of anthropomorphised rabbits.
He is a writer-in-residence at both Hollins University (Virginia) and at the University of Florida. The novel Watership Down was made into an animated film in 1978.

Young / Before famous

He studied modern history at Worcester College, Oxford and served in the British Army during World War II.

Family life info

With his wife Elizabeth, he had two daughters. His children, Juliet and Rosamond, were the childhood recipients of a series of bedtime stories that became the basis for Watership Down.

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He and Sharon Creech both received the prestigious Carnegie Medal.

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When was Novelist Richard George Adams born?
Richard George Adams birthday 9-5-1920 (at the age of 104).
Where is Novelist Richard George Adams's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Richard George Adams was born in England. Là Novelist, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Richard George Adams's global rank is 49921 and whose rank is 384 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1920 and 9-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Richard George Adams

  • U.S. Dept. of Justice "red hunt" nets thousands of radicals; aliens deported.
  • Women's suffrage (19th) amendment ratified. Background: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
  • Treaty of Sèvres dissolves Ottoman Empire.
  • Mexican president Venustiano Carranza is assassinated.

Birthday Richard George Adams (9-5) in history

  • Day 9-5 year 1914: Mother's Day became a public holiday.
  • Day 9-5 year 1926: Explorers Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett flew over the North Pole.
  • Day 9-5 year 1936: Fascist Italy annexed Ethiopia.
  • Day 9-5 year 1962: The Beatles signed their first recording contract and hired George Martin to be their producer.
  • Day 9-5 year 1978: The body of slain former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro was found in an automobile in Rome.
  • Day 9-5 year 1984: It took the Chicago White Sox 25 innings, eight hours, and six minutes, over two days, to finally defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6. It was the longest game (in elapsed time) in major-league history.
  • Day 9-5 year 1994: The South African parliament chose Nelson Mandela as president.
  • Day 9-5 year 2004: Chechnya's Moscow-backed leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, was killed in a bombing. Six others were killed and another 60 wounded.
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