Richard Adams
Richard George Adams ( born May 9, 1920 in Newbury, England), better known as Richard Adams, is a British writer. His published in 1972 novel Watership Down by a group wild rabbits that are looking for a new home, became a worldwide bestseller.
Life
Richard Adams was born on 9 May 1920 in Newbury. After serving in the British Army in World War II from 1940 to 1946, he completed in 1948 his study of modern history at Worcester College at Oxford University with a master's degree from. From 1948 to 1974 he worked as a civil servant for the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, a forerunner of the British Ministry of the Environment, London.
For the legislative history of Down by the river, see the appropriate section of the article on the bottom of the river.
After the commercial success of Watership Down Richard Adams gave after the release of his next work Shardik in 1974 to its original occupation and was full-time writer. As President of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the independent candidate conservatives besides, he was committed to animal welfare and the setting of fox hunting in England. For tax reasons, he later moved to the Isle of Man. Today he lives with his wife Elizabeth in Whitchurch, less than 20 kilometers from his birthplace.