Quick Facts About Richard Dawkins
- Born
- March 26, 1941
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Theoretical Biologist
- Notable works
- The selfish gene
- Known for
- The Selfish Gene, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
- Spouse
- Lalla Ward
About Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, noted atheist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995 he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin. Dawkins has won several academic and writing awards, among them the 2005 Shakespeare Prize and the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize. Presenting the latter, Paul Nurse said "In eloquent, evocative prose, Richard Dawkins conveys the certainty that, rather than diminishing the myriad beauties of the universe and extinguishing wonderment at its mysteries, science reveals truths that are yet more awe-inspiring than the mysteries they solve."
Biography source:
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Awards & Honors
Tinbergen Lecture
Heinemann Award
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
honorary doctor of Durham University
honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
Michael Faraday Prize
Kistler Prize
Nierenberg Prize
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International Cosmos Prize
Medal of Representation of the President of the Italian Republic
honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Emperor Has No Clothes Award
honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
Lewis Thomas Prize
Shakespeare Prize
Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
honorary doctorate
Fellow of the Royal Society
