Author
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author, born on 26 March 1941 in Nairobi. Best-known works include The Selfish Gene and The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution. Honours include Fellow of the Royal Society, Kistler Prize and Michael Faraday Prize.
The Bookish Elf has reviewed 1 book by Richard Dawkins, mostly history and science, published by Apollo, first published in 2024.
Born 26 March 1941, NairobiFrom United Kingdom
Books reviewed1
Our average4.5★from 1 rated
Awards & honours
20 recordedLiterary prizes
Shakespeare Prize 2005Emperor Has No Clothes Award 2001Humanist of the Year 1996Heinemann Award 1986Nierenberg Prize 2009Lewis Thomas Prize 2006Kistler Prize 2001Medal of Representation of the President of the Italian Republic 2001Tinbergen Lecture 2000International Cosmos Prize 1997Michael Faraday Prize 1990Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London 1989
Honours & fellowships
Honorary doctor of the University of Valencia 2009Honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp 2009Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel 2005Honorary doctorate 2003Fellow of the Royal Society 2001Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 1997Honorary doctor of Durham UniversityFellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Frequently asked questions
How many Richard Dawkins books has The Bookish Elf reviewed?
We have reviewed 1 book by Richard Dawkins: The Genetic Book of the Dead – A Darwinian Reverie.