My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today.
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The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal.
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| Birth: | 9th May, 1920 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Novelist |
Richard George Adams is an English novelist who is best known as the author of Watership Down. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterward he completed his studies and then joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author. He is now semi-retired.
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