Richard Dawkins
Born Clinton Richard Dawkins
(1941-03-26 ) 26 March 1941 (age 83) Citizenship United Kingdom Education Oundle School Alma mater University of Oxford (MA, DPhil)Known for Spouses
Eve Barham (m. 1984; div. ?)
Children Juliet Emma Awards Scientific career Institutions University of California, Berkeley New College, Oxford University of Oxford New College of the Humanities Thesis Selective pecking in the domestic chick (1967) Doctoral advisor Nikolaas Tinbergen Doctoral students Influences Charles Darwin , W. D. Hamilton , Nikolaas Tinbergen [ 4] Influenced Andrew F. Read , Helena Cronin , John Krebs, Baron Krebs , David Haig , Alan Grafen , Daniel Dennett , David Deutsch , Steven Pinker , Martin Daly , Margo Wilson , Randolph M. Nesse , Kim Sterelny , Michael Shermer , Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth , A. C. Grayling , Marek Kohn , David P. Barash , Matt Ridley , Philip Pullman
Website richarddawkins .net
Clinton Richard Dawkins DSc , FRS , FRSL (born Nairobi , 26 March 1941) is an English [ 24] biologist , evolutionist , 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]
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—"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 .
↑ Taylor, James E. "The New Atheists" . Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy .
↑ "Richard Dawkins" . London: Royal Society . Retrieved 23 April 2016 .
↑ Dawkins, Richard (1986). The Blind Watchmaker . New York: W. W. Norton & Company . p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-393-31570-7 .
↑ Dawkins, Richard (2013). An Appetite for Wonder . New York, New York: Harper Collins. pp. 271–283, 287–294. ISBN 978-0-06-231580-9 .
↑ Although born in Kenya, Dawkins considers himself English.
↑ Ridley, Mark (2007). Richard Dawkins: How a scientist changed the way we think: reflections by scientists, writers, and philosophers . Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-19-921466-2 . , Extract of page 228
↑ "Emeritus, Honorary and Wykeham Fellows - New College" . www.new.ox.ac.uk .
↑ "Previous holders of The Simonyi Professorship" . The University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2010 .
↑ "Richard Dawkins on militant atheism" . TED Conferences, LLC. Retrieved 14 December 2011 .
↑ Dawkins, Richard (2006). The God Delusion . Transworld Publishers. ISBN 0-593-05548-9 .
↑ "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 .