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Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

Clinton Richard Dawkins DSc, FRS, FRSL (born Nairobi, 26 March 1941) is an English [24] biologist and writer.[25] He is an emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford,[26] and was the University of Oxford's Simonyi Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008.[27][better source needed]

Richard Dawkins

FRS FRSL
Dawkins at Cooper Union, New York City in 2010
Born
Clinton Richard Dawkins

(1941-03-26) 26 March 1941 (age 83)
Nairobi, British Kenya
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
EducationOundle School
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (MA, DPhil)
Known for
Spouses
Marian Stamp
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(m. 1967; div. 1984)​
  • Eve Barham (m. 1984; div. ?)
Lalla Ward
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(m. 1992; sep. 2016)​
ChildrenJuliet Emma
Awards
  • ZSL Silver Medal (1989)
  • Michael Faraday Prize (1990)
  • International Cosmos Prize (1997)
  • Nierenberg Prize (2009)
  • FRS (2001)[2]
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
New College, Oxford
University of Oxford
New College of the Humanities
ThesisSelective pecking in the domestic chick (1967)
Doctoral advisorNikolaas Tinbergen
Doctoral students
  • Alan Grafen
  • Mark Ridley[3]
InfluencesCharles Darwin, W. D. Hamilton, Nikolaas Tinbergen[4][5]
InfluencedAndrew F. Read,[6] Helena Cronin,[7] John Krebs, Baron Krebs,[8] David Haig,[9] Alan Grafen,[10] Daniel Dennett,[11] David Deutsch,[12] Steven Pinker,[13] Martin Daly,[14] Margo Wilson,[14] Randolph M. Nesse,[15] Kim Sterelny,[16] Michael Shermer,[17] Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth,[18] A. C. Grayling,[19] Marek Kohn,[20] David P. Barash,[21] Matt Ridley,[22] Philip Pullman[23]
Richard Dawkins introduces himself. (Recorded November, 2016.)
Richard Dawkins on science education. (From the BBC programme "Start the Week", 17 October 2011)
Websitericharddawkins.net
Signature

Dawkins is an atheist, a vice president of the British Humanist Association, and a supporter of the Brights movement.[28] He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion, i.e. "a fixed false belief".[29]: 5  As of January 2010, the English-language version had sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages.[30] Dawkins' ideas on evolution were heavily influenced by W.D. Hamilton. The influence can be seen throughout Dawkins' book The Selfish Gene.[source?]

Works

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Books

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  • "The Selfish Gene" (1976)
  • "The Extended Phenotype" (1982)
  • "The Blind Watchmaker" (1986)
  • "River Out of Eden" (1995)
  • "Climbing Mount Improbable" (1996)
  • "Unweaving the Rainbow" (1998)
  • "A Devil's Chaplain" (2003)
  • "The Ancestor's Tale" (2004)
  • "The God Delusion" (2006)
  • "The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True" (2011)
  • An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist (2013)
  • "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution" (2009)

Documentaries

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  • "Nice Guys Finish First" (1987)
  • "The Blind Watchmaker" (1987)
  • "Growing Up in the Universe" (1991)
  • "Break the Science Barrier" (1996)
  • "The Root of All Evil?" (2006)
  • "The Enemies of Reason" (2007)
  • "The Genius of Charles Darwin" (2008)
  • Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life (2012)
  • Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008)
  • Faith School Menace? (2010)
  • Beautiful Minds (2012)
  • The Unbelievers (2013)
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References

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  1. ↑ Taylor, James E. "The New Atheists". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  2. ↑ "Richard Dawkins". London: Royal Society. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Dawkins, Richard (1986). The Blind Watchmaker. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-393-31570-7.
  4. ↑ Dawkins, Richard (2013). An Appetite for Wonder. New York, New York: Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-231580-9.
  5. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 67.
  6. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 3.
  7. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 14.
  8. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 27.
  9. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 50.
  10. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 66.
  11. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 101.
  12. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 125.
  13. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 130.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Grafen 2006, p. 191.
  15. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 203.
  16. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 213.
  17. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 227.
  18. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 236.
  19. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 243.
  20. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 248.
  21. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 255.
  22. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 265.
  23. ↑ Grafen 2006, p. 270.
  24. ↑ Although born in Kenya, Dawkins considers himself English.
  25. ↑ Ridley, Mark (2007). Richard Dawkins: How a scientist changed the way we think: reflections by scientists, writers, and [[Philosophy|philosophers]]. Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-19-921466-2. {{cite book}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help), Extract of page 228
  26. ↑ "Emeritus, Honorary and Wykeham Fellows - New College". www.new.ox.ac.uk.
  27. ↑ "Previous holders of The Simonyi Professorship". The University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  28. ↑ "Richard Dawkins on militant atheism". TED Conferences, LLC. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  29. ↑ Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion. Transworld Publishers. ISBN 0-593-05548-9.
  30. ↑ "The God Delusion – back on the Times extended list at #24". Richard Dawkins at RichardDawkins.net. 27 January 2010. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
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