Richard Dawkins

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 84) Nairobi, British Kenya
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Education	Oundle School
Alma mater	University of Oxford (MA, DPhil)
Known for	Gene-centred view of evolution[clarification needed] Concept of the meme Middle World Extended phenotype Advocacy of science, criticism of religion and New Atheism[1]
Spouses	Marian Stamp ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1984)​ Eve Barham (m. 1984; div. ?) Lalla Ward ​ ​ (m. 1992; sep. 2016)​
Children	Juliet Emma
Awards	ZSL Silver Medal (1989) Michael Faraday Prize (1990) International Cosmos Prize (1997) Nierenberg Prize (2009) FRS (2001)[2]
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	Alan Grafen Mark Ridley[3]
Influences	Charles Darwin, W. D. Hamilton, Nikolaas Tinbergen[4][5]
Influenced	Andrew 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]
Website	richarddawkins.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

Books

• "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

• "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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