Richard Dawkins
Information gathered by the American Policy Roundtable

Biography

The son of an English soldier, Dawkins was born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1941.  In 1949, his family returned to England permanently, where Dawkins went on to attend Oxford University, earning several degrees, including a doctorate.  After completing his education, Dawkins began his lecturing career at the University of California at Berkeley, where he was a Professor of Zoology from  1967-1969. 

In 1970, Dawkins returned to his alma mater, where he is currently a lecturer in Zoology.  Dawkins is the author of numerous written works, including his first release, The Selfish Gene (1976), as well as River Out of Eden, The Blind Watchmaker, and The Extended Phenotype.  In 2006, Dawkins released his most successful and controversial work, The God Delusion, in which he attacks both religion and the belief that the world is too complex to have formed from evolutionary processes. 

Dawkins is married to actress and artist Lalla Ward, and has served as Vice-President of the British Humanist Association since 1996.  He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets, including the BBC, Forbes magazine, and National Public Radio. 

Link to The God Delusion Debate

Audio from the Debate - http://www.richarddawkins.net/article,1707,Debate-between-Richard-Dawkins-and-John-Lennox,Richard-Dawkins-John-Lennox

Link to the OUT Campaign

http://outcampaign.org/RichardDawkinsIntroduction