
Richard Dawkins
Biography
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, he introduced into evolutionary biology an influential concept, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms.
Dawkins is an atheist and humanist, a Vice President of the British Humanist Association and supporter of the Brights movement. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics. He has been referred to in the media as "Darwin's Rottweiler," a reference to English biologist T. H. Huxley, who was known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ideas. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion—a fixed false belief. As of January 2010, the English-language version had sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages, making it his most popular book to date.
Acting (29 movies)

The Enemies of Reason
2007

The God Who Wasn't There
2005

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
2008

Root of All Evil?
2006

Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?
2009

The Blind Watchmaker
1987

The Genius of Charles Darwin
2008

Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
2008

Science Friction
2022

The Unbelievers
2013

The Trouble with Atheism
2006

The Reality of Me
2012

Speciesism: The Movie
2013

The God Delusion Debate
2007

Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
2012

Breath of Life
2015

A War on Science
2006

The Fool
2018

The Atheist Delusion
2016

Beware the Slenderman
2016

Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit
2016

Robin Ince: 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People
2010

Losing Our Religion
2017

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
2017

Supersapiens: the Rise of the Mind
2017

Intersect
2020

Faith School Menace?
2010

Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
2015

Reich: Three Tales
2002
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Root of All Evil? | 2006 | Writer | 
| The Enemies of Reason | 2007 | Writer | 
| The Genius of Charles Darwin | 2008 | Writer | 
| Faith School Menace? | 2010 | Writer | 
| Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss | 2012 | Writer |