Douglas Adams

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Douglas Noël Adams (March 11, 1952 – May 11, 2001), also known (to fans) as Bop Ad or Bob (after his illegible signature) or by his initials DNA (Watson and Crick's famous discovery was announced in Cambridge, nine months after Douglas Adams was born there). Adams was a British comic radio dramatist and author, most notably of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGG or H2G2); at the time of his death, this book series had sold more than fifteen million copies.

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March 11 - 1952 - May 11 - 2001 - Watson and Crick - British - Radio dramatist - Author - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Douglas Adams was born to Janet (Donovan) Adams (now Janet Thrift) and Christopher Douglas Adams. His only full-sister of both parents is Susan Adams, born in March 1955. His parents separated and divorced in 1957, and Douglas, Susan and Janet moved in with Janet's parents, the Donovans, in Brentwood, Essex. Douglas's grandmother kept her house as an official RSPCA refuge for hurt animals, which "exacerbated young Douglas's hayfever and asthma." {{ref|2005Webb01}}

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Christopher Adams remarried in July 1960, to Mary Judith Stewart (born Judith Robertson). From this marriage, Douglas Adams has a half-sister, Heather. Janet remarried in 1964, to a veterinarian called Ron Thrift, providing two more half-siblings to Douglas: Jane and James Thrift.

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