Douglas Adams Net Worth is
$19 Million

Mini Biography

Given birth to Douglas Noel Adams on March 11, 1952 in Cambridge. From 1959 until 1970 he visited Brentwood college in Essex, and his primary interest was research. As students in Cambridge he made a decision to hitch-hike through European countries to Istanbul, and to be able to increase funds because of this he got a whole lot of little careers. In 1970 he still left school to become writer, sure that achievement was coming. But nothing occurred. He caused the past due Monty Python member Graham Chapman and John Lloyd, but almost nothing they do was published. On Feb 4 1977 he met Simon Brett, who then was doing Radio 4’s ‘The Burkiss Way’. They decided to produce a research fiction comedy present on radio. This is the delivery of the Hitch-hikers Information towards the Galaxy. Douglas Adams married Jane Belson on November 24 1991 plus they have a girl with the name Polly Jane, given birth to on June 22, 1994. They resided in Islington, however in 1999 they shifted to California, USA. In 1997 Douglas agreed upon a cope with Disney to produce a feature film, and he instantly started focusing on the screenplay. Jay Roach, of Austin Forces fame, was agreed upon as director. On the morning hours of May 11 2001, Adams visited the neighborhood gym to work through. There he experienced a massive coronary attack and all efforts to regenerate him had been unsuccessful. He passed away, and remaining his 6 12 months old child Polly, his wife Jane, his mom Jan Thrift, sibling Wayne and countless additional family and friends, not forgetting thousands of followers all around the globe, in surprise and mourning. Writer of the hysterically crazy group of books, summarized while “Hitchhiker’s Guide towards the Galaxy”, which likewise incorporate a radio series, a Television series, stage play, record albums, video game, graphic books and a shower towel. He also wrote the Dirk Gently books and a non fiction publication, “Last Chance to find out”, about endangered varieties. Apart from being truly a article writer, he was also a poultry shed cleaner, bodyguard for an Arab royal family members and he in fact at onetime played acoustic guitar for Red Floyd (42nd birthday present from David Gilmour, a vintage friend). Douglas co-founded the business The Digital Community (right now h2g2), producing almost everything which has regarding media: TV, films, video games etc. He was among the designers of Starship Titanic, a mixed reserve (co-written with Terry Jones from the Monty Python number) and video game. It had been often claimed that P.G. Wodehouse got impact on him and his function, so when once asked concerning this he replied: “Yes, an enormous influence. But not an early on influence. I didn’t begin reading Wodehouse until I used to be writing ‘Cafe by the end of the world’. I could see the influence starting almost instantly. I believe that Wodehouse, without exaggeration, was a genius in the English vocabulary.”

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Douglas Adams
Died	May 11, 2001, Montecito, California, United States
Height	1.96 m
Profession	Author, Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter, Humorist
Education	St John's College, Cambridge, Brentwood School, Essex, University of Cambridge
Nationality	English
Spouse	Jane Belson
Children	Polly Jane Rocket Adams
Parents	Janet Adams, Christopher Douglas Adams
Siblings	James Thrift, Susan Adams, Jane Thrift, Heather Adams
Nominations	Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Movies	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Hyperland, The Five Doctors, Rockstar
TV Shows	Dirk Gently, Hyperland, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Out of the Trees