Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams was an English writer, musician, and comic radio dramatist who is known to be the author of the series, 'Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy'. He was born on 11 March 1952 to Janet Adams and Christopher Douglas in Cambridge, England. He was educated in his primary years at the Primrose Hill Primary School in Brentwood. He took his college education at St. John’s College in Cambridge, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in English Literature.

Aside from his famous work, 'Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy', Douglas is also known for his other works, such as the three stories featured in the science fiction series, 'Doctor Who', shown on BBC. He also wrote the Dirk Gently novels, and had the original idea behind the computer game, Starship Titanic. Other books written by Adams include 'The Meaning of Liff', 'Last Chance to See', and a posthumous work entitled 'The Salmon of Doubt'. If you have any of these titles as e-books, look at solid state drive vs hard drive for storage options.

In his lifetime, Douglas Adams was known to be an atheist, as he said that he is convinced that there is no God, thus devoting himself to secular causes, such as environmentalism. Aside from claiming to be an atheist, Adam also expressed his fascination with religion. The author was also a well-known environmental activist who led campaigns on behalf of a few endangered species. He was also a serious supporter of technology, as he had a great fascination for computers and other gadgets. On 11 May 2001, Adams died of heart attack in his private gym. His ashes were interned in Highgate Cemetery in North London in June 2002.