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Author

Richard Dawkins

b. March 26, 1941 · United Kingdom

Evolutionary biologist, Ethologist, Science writer, Science communicator, Essayist, Theoretical biologist, Epistemologist, Sociobiologist, Screenwriter, Biologist, University teacher, Writer, Zoologist, Actor, Author, Geneticist, Film actor, Television actor, Film screenwriter, Video game actor, Voice actor

Titles on list

4

Total weeks

38

Peak rank

#4

#15101520062009201220152017

Biography

Born
March 26, 1941 · Nairobi
Nationality
United Kingdom
Gender
Male
Languages
English
Education
Balliol College, University of Oxford, Oundle School, Chafyn Grove School

Awards & Honours

  • 1986Heinemann Award
  • 1989Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London
  • 1990Michael Faraday Prize
  • 1997International Cosmos Prize
  • 1997Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
  • 2000Tinbergen Lecture
  • 2001Fellow of the Royal Society
  • 2001Kistler Prize
  • 2001Medal of Representation of the President of the Italian Republic
  • 2001Emperor Has No Clothes Award
  • 2003honorary doctorate
  • 2005Shakespeare Prize
  • 2005honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • 2006Lewis Thomas Prize
  • 2009Nierenberg Prize
  • 2009honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
  • 2009honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
  • honorary doctor of Durham University
  • Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

On the Bestseller Lists

4 titles

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).