Is Richard Dawkins really his real name? Or should it be Darwin?

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Is Richard Dawkins really his real name? Or should it be Darwin?

See the similarities between Richard Dawkins and Charles Darwin. Could they be somehow be related?

2007-07-04 00:57:18 · 2 answers · asked by will5 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors

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Uh, Darwin lived a century before Dawkins. Dawkins is a proponent of evolution, famed for being rather nasty. It's been said that, if Huxley was Darwin's bulldog, then Dawkins is his pitbull.

So, of course there are similarities between the two scientists, since they were both evolutionists.

2007-07-04 04:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by Seventh Floor Pen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Based on the web site referenced, he was born on March 26, 1941 in Nairobi, Kenya, and named Clinton Richard Dawkins.[

2007-07-04 08:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by ghouly05 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋