Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was Professor for Public Understanding of Science in the University of Oxford from 1995 to 2008. An atheist,<!-- Please do not change this to 'agnostic' without first consulting the "atheist-consensus" as established on the talk page and its archives --> he is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. Wikipedia