Percival Davis
American author
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Percival William Davis, also known as Bill Davis,[1] is an American author, young Earth creationist, and intelligent design proponent.[2]
- See also Clifford Grey, whose real name was Percival Davis.
Columbia University (MA)
University of South Florida (PhD)
Bill Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Percival William Davis United States |
| Education | DePauw University (BA) Columbia University (MA) University of South Florida (PhD) |
| Title | Former professor at Hillsborough Community College[1] |
Education and career
Davis graduated from DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts in zoology in 1958. He then earned a Master of Arts in zoology in 1961 from Columbia University and a Ph.D. from the University of South Florida in 1993 in instructional technology.[1]
Beginning in 1968, Davis was a professor of Life Science at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida but has since retired.[1][3] Since 2006, he has been a visiting professor of biology at Clearwater Christian College.[1]
Intelligent design
The term "intelligent design" came into general usage following the publishing of the 1989 book Of Pandas and People co-authored by Davis and Dean H. Kenyon.[4] The pair suggested that Darwinism, more than a century old, had outlived its usefulness, primarily because evolution was unable to explain all the biological complexities, which they argue show evidence of an intelligent designer. Davis additionally co-wrote A Case for Creation with Wayne Frair, published by Moody Bible Institute in 1983.
In a November 1994 Wall Street Journal front-page article concerning why he decided to co-author Of Pandas and People, quoted Davis saying "Of course my motives were religious. There's no question about it."[5][6]
Books
- Davis PW. and Frair W. A Case for Creation. 3d. rev. ed. (Chicago: Moody Press, 1983).
- Davis PW., Villee C, Solomon EP. Biology (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1985).
- Davis PW. and Dean H. Kenyon. Of Pandas and People. (Texas: Foundation for Thought and Ethics, 1989, 1993) ISBN 0-914513-40-0
- Davis PW. and Solomon EP. Human Anatomy and Physiology. (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1983).
- Davis PW. and Solomon EP. The World of Biology, 3rd Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 1986.
- Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology (McGraw-Hill)