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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. After completing his studies, he joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after…

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Born 9 May 1920 · Died 24 December 2016 · Q313289

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Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program for Today (2011).
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Jun 1998Award
Earned Silvert Award (1998).
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2026· 1 entry

Aug 21, 2026Documented record69% confidence

Ocala StarBanner: Richard Adams, Jr. Obituary

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2016· 2 entries

Dec 24, 2016Documented record86% confidence

Died 2016-12-24.

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2016Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Adams died on 24 December 2016 at the age of 96 in Oxford, from complications of heart failure and a blood disorder.

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2015· 1 entry

2015Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Winchester

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2011· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2011Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program for Today (2011).

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2010· 1 entry

2010Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With a party at the White Hart in Whitchurch, where Sir George Young presented him with a painting by a local artist

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1998· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1998Documented record84% confidence

Earned Silvert Award (1998).

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1982· 1 entry

1982Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Commenting that the Society "seemed to be more concerned with each other than with the animals"

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1980· 1 entry

1980Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Adams served two years as president of the RSPCA

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1974· 2 entries

1974Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author

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1974Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Following publication of his second novel, Shardik, he left the Civil Service to become a full-time author

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1973· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1973Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for Watership Down (1973).

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1972· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1972Documented record84% confidence

Won Carnegie Medal for Watership Down (1972).

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1972Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

After four publishers and three writers' agencies turned down the manuscript, Rex Collings agreed to publish the work

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1949· 1 entry

1949Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Adams married Barbara Elizabeth, daughter of RAF Squadron-Leader Edward Fox Dyke Acland, son of the barrister and judge Sir Reginald Brodie Dyke Acland, whose father, the scientist Henry Wentworth Dyke Acland (himself cr

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1948· 1 entry

1948Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Adams joined the Civil Service, rising to the rank of Assistant Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, later part of the Department of the Environment

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1946· 1 entry

1946Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Adams returned to Worcester College to continue his studies for a further two years

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1938· 1 entry

1938Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Went to Worcester College, Oxford, to read Modern History

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1920· 1 entry

May 9, 1920Documented record86% confidence

Born 1920-05-09.

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