Musician Dictionary

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)

DescriptionEnglish ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author (born 1941)
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Born1941-03-26
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BirthplaceNairobi Nairobi
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AreaUnited Kingdom
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CountryGB
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CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
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Occupationzoologist science communicator video game actor film screenwriter university teacher theoretical biologist television actor science writer geneticist evolutionary biologist essayist writer biologist actor ethologist sociobiologist screenwriter author film actor voice actor epistemologist
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Member ofRoyal Society of London Royal Society of Literature
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AwardsMichael Faraday Prize Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London Fellow of the Royal Society honorary doctor of the University of Valencia Nierenberg Prize Emperor Has No Clothes Award honorary doctor of Durham University Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature Tinbergen Lecture Kistler Prize honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel International Cosmos Prize Shakespeare Prize Lewis Thomas Prize honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp honorary doctorate Heinemann Award Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Medal of Representation of the President of the Italian Republic
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Also known as

Prof Richard Dawkins Professor Richard Dawkins

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