Richard Dawkins

Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982... More

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  • Mar 26, 1941 (age 71 years)

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  • Dr. Richard Dawkins,
  • Prof Richard Dawkins,
  • Prof. Richard Dawkins,
  • Professor Richard Dawkins,
  • Clinton Richard Dawkins,
  • Darwin's Rottweiler,
  • Dr Why
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  • 11
  • 2007
  • Scientists & Thinkers

Time 100 of 2007

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  • 2009

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