Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins FRS FRSL, born Clinton Richard Dawkins Nairobi in 1941 is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and an author of repute. Educated at Oxford University he has taught zoology at the universities of California and Oxford. In 1995 he became the first holder of the newly endowed Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. 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 is known as an atheist. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design.
