Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, dramatist, and musician. He is best known as the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Hitchhiker's began on radio, and developed into a "trilogy" of five books (which sold more than fifteen million copies during his lifetime) as well as a television series, a comic book series, a...

Date of birth:

  • Mar 11, 1952

Date of death:

  • May 11, 2001

Also known as:

  • Doughlas Adams,
  • BBC Radio - Douglas Adams,
  • Duglas Adams,
  • The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy . ,
  • Dougls Adams,
  • Read by Douglas Ada,
  • Douglous Adams,
  • Douglas Noel Adams

Companies Founded

The Digital Village

The Digital Village (TDV) was a digital media company based in Covent Garden, London WC2 in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1994. The science fiction/comedy writer Douglas Adams was one of the founding members, along with Robbie Stamp, who is the Executive Producer of the Hitchhiker's Guide...

Douglas Adams Quotes

  • “ Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others…

  • “ I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

  • “ The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that…

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Employer Title From To
  • 1994
  • 2001

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  • 1971
  • 1974

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Height:

  • 1.956 m

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