Please answer the following question: What key details about douglas adams can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: douglas noel adams -lrb- 11 march 1952 -- 11 may 2001 -rrb- was an english writer , humorist , and dramatist . adams is best known as the author of '' the hitchhiker 's guide to the galaxy '' , which originated in 1978 as a bbc radio comedy before developing into a '' trilogy '' of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime and generated a television series , several stage plays , comics , a computer game , and in 2005 a feature film . adams 's contribution to uk radio is commemorated in the radio academy 's hall of fame . adams also wrote '' dirk gently 's holistic detective agency '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- and '' the long dark tea-time of the soul '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , and co-wrote '' the meaning of liff '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- , '' the deeper meaning of liff '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- , '' last chance to see '' -lrb- 1990 -rrb- , and three stories for the television series '' doctor who '' ; he also served as script editor for the show 's seventeenth season in 1979 . a posthumous collection of his work , including an unfinished novel , was published as '' the salmon of doubt '' in 2002 . adams became known as an advocate for environmentalism and conservation , and also as a lover of fast cars , cameras , technological innovation , and the apple macintosh . he was a staunch atheist , imagining a sentient puddle who wakes up one morning and thinks , '' this is an interesting world i find myself in -- an interesting hole i find myself in -- fits me rather neatly , does n't it ? in fact it fits me staggeringly well , must have been made to have me in it ! '' to demonstrate his view that the fine-tuned universe argument for god was a fallacy . biologist richard dawkins dedicated his book '' the god delusion '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- to adams , writing on his death that '' science has lost a friend , literature has lost a luminary , the mountain gorilla and the black rhino have lost a gallant defender . ''
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- death place is santa barbara , california , united states- resting place is highgate cemetery , london , england- height is 6 5- birth name is douglas noel adams- death date is 11 may 2001- genre is science fiction , comedy , satire- birth date is 11 march 1952- name is douglas adams- occupation is writer- image is douglas adams portrait cropped.jpg- birth place is cambridge , england- religion is none -lrb- atheist -rrb-- alma mater is st john 's college , cambridge