About
Richard Dawkins, born in 1941 in Nairobi, is an English evolutionary biologist and ethologist. Trained at Oxford under Niko Tinbergen, he held the professorship for the public understanding of science from 1995 to 2008. His book 'The Selfish Gene' (1976) popularized a gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term 'meme'. He is also the author of 'The Blind Watchmaker' (1986) and 'The God Delusion' (2006), a bestseller of the New Atheism movement. A Fellow of the Royal Society, he founded a foundation for reason and science in 2006.
* 1941-03-26
Major works
- The Selfish Gene (1976)popular science essay
- The Extended Phenotype (1982)biology essay
- The Blind Watchmaker (1986)popular science essay
- The Ancestor's Tale (2004)popular science essay
- The God Delusion (2006)essay
Key milestones
- 1966Earns his DPhil from the University of Oxford under Niko Tinbergen.
- 2001Elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
- 2006Founds the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.
Themes
evolutionselfish geneatheismscience communicationmeme
Sources: royalsociety.org · giffordarchives.org
