Richard Dawkins

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Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and prominent science writer best known for popularizing gene-centered evolution and outspoken advocacy of atheism and secularism.

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instanceOf atheist
author
ethologist
evolutionary biologist
human
public intellectual
science writer
television presenter
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in zoology
Doctor of Philosophy in zoology
awardReceived Humanist of the Year
Michael Faraday Award
Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest
Royal Society of Literature Award
citizenship United Kingdom
countryOfBirth Kenya
dateOfBirth 1941-03-26
doctoralAdvisor Niko Tinbergen
surface form: "Nikolaas Tinbergen"
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Oundle School
employer University of Oxford NERFINISHED
endTime 2008
familyName Richard Dawkins
surface form: "Dawkins"
fieldOfWork atheism
ethology
evolutionary biology
popular science
science communication
secularism
fullName Richard Dawkins
surface form: "Clinton Richard Dawkins"
genre non-fiction
popular science
givenName Richard NERFINISHED
hasChild one daughter
influenced Christopher Hitchens
Daniel Dennett
Jerry Coyne
Sam Harris
influencedBy Charles Darwin
Niko Tinbergen
surface form: "Nikolaas Tinbergen"
knownFor advocacy of atheism
concept of memes
concept of the selfish gene
criticism of religion
gene-centered view of evolution
popularizing evolutionary biology
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement New Atheism
nationality British
notableIdea extended phenotype
meme as a unit of cultural transmission
selfish gene theory
notableWork A Devil's Chaplain
An Appetite for Wonder
Brief Candle in the Dark
Climbing Mount Improbable
River Out of Eden
The Blind Watchmaker
The Extended Phenotype
The God Delusion
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Magic of Reality
The Selfish Gene
Unweaving the Rainbow
placeOfBirth Nairobi
positionHeld Professor for Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford
religiousView atheism
residence Oxford
spouse Eve Barham NERFINISHED
Lalla Ward
Marian Stamp Dawkins
startTime 1995
website https://richarddawkins.net

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Richard Dawkins familyName Richard Dawkins
this entity surface form: "Dawkins"
Richard Dawkins fullName Richard Dawkins
this entity surface form: "Clinton Richard Dawkins"
Balliol College, Oxford hasAlumnus Richard Dawkins
Susan Blackmore influencedBy Richard Dawkins
The Meme Machine influencedBy Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins Award namedAfter Richard Dawkins
Humanist of the Year notableRecipient Richard Dawkins

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