Richard Dawkins Award

Richard Dawkins Award
Richard Dawkins Award
Awarded for	Distinguished individual from the worlds of science, scholarship, education or entertainment, who publicly proclaims the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truth wherever it may lead
Country	All nations
Presented by	Center for Inquiry
First awarded	2003; 18 years ago
Currently held by	18 prizes (as of 2020)
Website	centerforinquiry.org

The Richard Dawkins Award is an annual prize recognizing those who exemplify values of secularism and rationalism.^[1] Named in honor of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, the prize was first established by the Atheist Alliance of America in 2003, and since 2019 has been presented by the Center for Inquiry.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Recipients[]

2003: James Randi
2004: Ann Druyan
2005: Penn & Teller
2006: Julia Sweeney
2007: Daniel Dennett
2008: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
2009: Bill Maher^[5]
2010: Susan Jacoby^[6]
2011: Christopher Hitchens^[7]
2012: Eugenie Scott^[8]
2013: Steven Pinker^[9]
2014: Rebecca Goldstein^[10]
2015: Jerry Coyne^[11]
2016: Lawrence M. Krauss
2017: David Silverman
2018: Stephen Fry (Read More - Watch Video)
2019: Ricky Gervais^[12]^[13]
2020: Javed Akhtar^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

Gallery[]

Richard Dawkins Award
Jerry Coyne receives the Richard Dawkins Award in Atlanta, GA 2015
Lawrence Krauss is given the award by Mark Gura and Melissa Pugh at Reason Rally 2016
Richard Dawkins, Mark Gura and CW Brown present the award to Stephen Fry at CSICon

External links[]

References[]

^ "RICHARD DAWKINS AWARD MOVING TO THE CENTER FOR INQUIRY". Center for Inquiry. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^ "The Richard Dawkins Award". SERVING THE ATHEIST COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
^ "In pics Richard Dawkins Award past winners - Javed Akhtar to Stephen Fry".
^ "Richard Dawkins named world's top thinker in poll". theguardian.com. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "Bill Maher gets the Richard Dawkins Award? That's like Jenny McCarthy getting an award for public health". scienceblogs.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "Inspiring Women of TAM 2013: Susan Jacoby". skepticink.com. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "Christopher Hitchens: one man's service in the war against delusion". theguardian.com. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "2012 Richard Dawkins Award for Eugenie Scott". richarddawkins.net. 2 September 2012.
^ "Dr. Steven Pinker to Receive 2013 Richard Dawkins Award". atheistallianceamerica.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "Rebecca Goldstein receives the Richard Dawkins Award at the Atheist Alliance of America convention | Richard Dawkins Foundation". www.richarddawkins.net. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Jerry Coyne Receives 2015 Richard Dawkins Award!". Archived from the original on 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
^ "Ricky Gervais to win the 2019 Richard Dawkins Award in London". centerforinquiry.org. 10 July 2019. up
^ Blumner, Robyn (2020). "2019 Richard Dawkins Award Goes to Ricky Gervais". Skeptical Inquirer. Committee for Skeptical Inquirer. 43 (6): 6. When presenting the award to Gervais, Dawkins called Gerbais a "witty hero of atheism and reason".
^ "Javed Akhtar wins Richard Dawkins Award". The Indian Express. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
^ "Javed Akhtar becomes first Indian to bag prestigious Richard Dawkins Award".
^ "Video | Javed Akhtar Wins Richard Dawkins Award".
^ "Writer, Poet, Lyricist, and Atheist Activist Javed Akhtar Wins Richard Dawkins Award | Center for Inquiry". 9 June 2020.
^ Fidalgo, Paul (2020). "Richard Dawkins award goes to writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar". Skeptical Inquirer. 45 (5): 6.

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[cfi_2019-1] "RICHARD DAWKINS AWARD MOVING TO THE CENTER FOR INQUIRY". Center for Inquiry. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[2] "The Richard Dawkins Award". SERVING THE ATHEIST COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

[3] "In pics Richard Dawkins Award past winners - Javed Akhtar to Stephen Fry".

[theguardian.com-4] "Richard Dawkins named world's top thinker in poll". theguardian.com. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[scienceblogs.com_-_Bill_Maher-5] "Bill Maher gets the Richard Dawkins Award? That's like Jenny McCarthy getting an award for public health". scienceblogs.com. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[skepticink_-_Susan_Jacoby-6] "Inspiring Women of TAM 2013: Susan Jacoby". skepticink.com. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[theguardian.com_-_Christopher_H-7] "Christopher Hitchens: one man's service in the war against delusion". theguardian.com. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[richarddawkins.net_-_Eugenie_Scot-8] "2012 Richard Dawkins Award for Eugenie Scott". richarddawkins.net. 2 September 2012.

[atheistallianceamerica-9] "Dr. Steven Pinker to Receive 2013 Richard Dawkins Award". atheistallianceamerica.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[10] "Rebecca Goldstein receives the Richard Dawkins Award at the Atheist Alliance of America convention | Richard Dawkins Foundation". www.richarddawkins.net. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2020.

[11] "Jerry Coyne Receives 2015 Richard Dawkins Award!". Archived from the original on 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

[CFI_Press_Release-12] "Ricky Gervais to win the 2019 Richard Dawkins Award in London". centerforinquiry.org. 10 July 2019. up

[Blumner_recounts-13] Blumner, Robyn (2020). "2019 Richard Dawkins Award Goes to Ricky Gervais". Skeptical Inquirer. Committee for Skeptical Inquirer. 43 (6): 6. When presenting the award to Gervais, Dawkins called Gerbais a "witty hero of atheism and reason".

[14] "Javed Akhtar wins Richard Dawkins Award". The Indian Express. 2020-06-08. Retrieved 2020-06-09.

[15] "Javed Akhtar becomes first Indian to bag prestigious Richard Dawkins Award".

[16] "Video | Javed Akhtar Wins Richard Dawkins Award".

[17] "Writer, Poet, Lyricist, and Atheist Activist Javed Akhtar Wins Richard Dawkins Award | Center for Inquiry". 9 June 2020.

[18] Fidalgo, Paul (2020). "Richard Dawkins award goes to writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar". Skeptical Inquirer. 45 (5): 6.

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