spendius wrote:wande wrote-
Quote:(dawkins is a highly respected professor in England)
... I'll bet money he never gets a mention in the Honours Lists ...
Don't bet the farm; Dawkins is a Fellow of the
Royal Society; that's about as significant an honorific Blighty can bestow on a person of science. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Literature, of
New College and of
Balliol College. Becoming a Fellow of a prestigious academic society is a signal honor, and few can claim more than one such fellowship. Another repeated honorific bestowed on Dawkins is his numerous consecutive appearances at or near the top of
Prospect Magazine's annual list of The Top 100 Intellectuals (of course, that's merely a populist honorific, not academic, but it carries some weight as a credential in one's CV). Chairing the Oxford
Charles Simonyi Professorship must as well be considered an significant academic honor. Then there are the Cosmos Prize for 1997, the Kistler Prize for 2001, and the Shakespeare Prize for 2005 ... academic honors all, from varied academic disciplines, and this list of Dr. Dawkins' awards, titles, and honors hardly is comprehensive of his achievements. By count alone, Dawkins' ranks among the very most honored academicians of our times.
