1920 - 2016
Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English novelist and writer of the books Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterwards, he completed his studies, and then joined the British Civil Service. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Adams has received more than 805,445 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Richard Adams is the 1,667th most popular writer (up from 1,681st in 2019), the 1,300th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,259th in 2019) and the 151st most popular British Writer.
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Among writers, Richard Adams ranks 1,667 out of 5,794. Before him are Algernon Charles Swinburne, Colin Dexter, Manuel Puig, Frederik Pohl, James B. Donovan, and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière. After him are Tristan Corbière, Sæmundr fróði, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Adam Oehlenschläger, Allen Carr, and José de Acosta.
1837 - 1909
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,661
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,662
1932 - 1990
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,663
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,664
1916 - 1970
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,665
1734 - 1793
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,666
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,667
1845 - 1875
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,668
1056 - 1133
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,669
1925 - 2006
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,670
1779 - 1850
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,671
1934 - 2006
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,672
1540 - 1600
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,673
Among people born in 1920, Richard Adams ranks 108. Before him are DeForest Kelley, Jack Warden, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Bruno Maderna, Pierre Plantard, and Don Taylor. After him are Gottfried Böhm, Eileen Chang, Heinz Hitler, Ray Harryhausen, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, and Michael Anderson. Among people deceased in 2016, Richard Adams ranks 100. Before him are Anisa Makhlouf, Chris Amon, Thorbjörn Fälldin, Michu Meszaros, Mohamed Abdelaziz, and Ernst Nolte. After him are Maurice White, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Yves Bonnefoy, Isao Tomita, Michael Massee, and Neville Marriner.
1920 - 1999
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 102
1920 - 2006
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 103
1920 - 1944
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 104
1920 - 1973
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 105
1920 - 2000
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 106
1920 - 1998
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 107
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 108
1920 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 109
1920 - 1995
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 110
1920 - 1942
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 111
1920 - 2013
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 112
1920 - 2013
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 113
1920 - 2018
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 114
1930 - 2016
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 94
1943 - 2016
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 95
1926 - 2016
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 96
1939 - 2016
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 97
1946 - 2016
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 98
1923 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 99
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 100
1941 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 101
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 102
1923 - 2016
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 103
1932 - 2016
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 104
1952 - 2016
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 105
1924 - 2016
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 106
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Adams ranks 1,300 out of 6,924. Before him are Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Colin Dexter (1930), David Warner (1941), Ian Anderson (1947), James Black (1924), and Stephen Fry (1957). After him are Rosemary Harris (1927), James Mirrlees (1936), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Marc Bolan (1947), Anthony Minghella (1954), and Allen Carr (1934).
1837 - 1909
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,294
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 1,295
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1,296
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,297
1924 - 2010
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,298
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 1,299
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 1,300
1927 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,301
1936 - 2018
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,302
1884 - 1966
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 1,303
1947 - 1977
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,304
1954 - 2008
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,305
1934 - 2006
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,306
Among writers born in United Kingdom, Richard Adams ranks 151. Before him are Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), Brian Aldiss (1925), William Caxton (1422), Robert Faurisson (1929), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), and Colin Dexter (1930). After him are Allen Carr (1934), Philip Sidney (1554), Gerald Gardner (1884), Ted Hughes (1930), David Lodge (1935), and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878).
1893 - 1957
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 145
1925 - 2017
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 146
1422 - 1491
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 147
1929 - 2018
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 148
1837 - 1909
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 149
1930 - 2017
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 150
1920 - 2016
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 151
1934 - 2006
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 152
1554 - 1586
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 153
1884 - 1964
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 154
1930 - 1998
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 155
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 156
1878 - 1957
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 157