Douglas Adams was born in Cambridge in March 1952. He was creator of all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Douglas died unexpectedly in May 2001 of a sudden heart attack at the age of 49.
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English science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)
| Born | 11 March 1952 |
| Died | 11 May 2001 |
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English science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)
| Born | 11 March 1952 |
| Died | 11 May 2001 |
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Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, humorous, general, Dent, arthur (fictitious character), fiction, Prefect, ford (fictitious character), fiction, English literature, Interplanetary voyages, Interstellar travel, Science Fiction, Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), Fiction, humorous, Ford Prefect (Fictitious character), English Science fiction, Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Life on other planets, English Humorous stories, English language, Fantasy, Imaginary voyages, Vogons, comic science fiction, wit and humour, Dirk Gently (Fictitious character), English wit and humorPlaces
Earth, London, Galaxy, Heart of Gold, Islington, Krikkit, Lord's Cricket Ground, Magrathea, Milliways, Stavromula Beta, England, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Cambridge, Cambridge (England), Nursing home, Porlock, St Cedd's College, United States, University of Cambridge, ValhalaPeople
Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Slartibartfast, Agrajag, Deep Thought, Hactar, Marvin, Marvin the Paranoid Android, Trillian, Trisha MacMillan, Vogons, Arthur Dent (Fictitious character), Mark Carwardine, Tricia McMilan, Trillian MacMillan, the Vogons, Dirk Gently, Douglas Adams (1952-), Douglas Adams (1952-2001), Electric Monk, Gordon Way, Johann Sebastian Bach, Michael Wenton-Weakes, Norse GodsID Numbers
- OLID: OL272947A
- Amazon ID: B000AQ2A84
- BookBrainz: 307812da-da11-4ee5-a906-31e5ce9694bb
- GoodReads: 4
- ISNI: 0000000080456315
- IMDb: nm0010930
- Library of Congress Names: n80076765
- LibraryThing: adamsdouglas-1
- MusicBrainz: e9ed318d-8cc5-4cf8-ab77-505e39ab6ea4
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV034417
- VIAF: 113230702
- Wikidata: Q42
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q42
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Alternative names
- Adams Douglas
- DOUGLAS ADAMS
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