Richard Dawkins
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Dawkins at a talk in Reykjavík, Iceland, June 24, 2006. |
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Born | March 26, 1941 (age 67) Nairobi, Kenya |
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Residence | Oxford, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Academic advisor | Nikolaas Tinbergen |
Notable students | Alan Grafen, Mark Ridley |
Known for | Promotion of atheism and rationalism Criticism of religion Meme |
Religion | Atheist |
Clinton Richard Dawkins (born March 26, 1941) is a writer and a teacher at Oxford University. He is well-known for writing the books "The Selfish Gene", "The Ancestor's Tale" and "The God Delusion." He believes that there is no God because there is no evidence for it.