Richard Dawkins a British evolutionary biologist, science communicator and author.
He is known for the gene-centred view of evolution from his book The Selfish Gene, as well as coining the term meme. Dawkins is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design as well as for being a vocal atheist. He published The God Delusion, writing that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion.
He founded the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science to promote scientific literacy and secularism.