Duane Gish | |
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| Born | Duane Tolbert Gish February 17, 1921 White City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | 5 March 2013 (aged 92) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD) |
| Employer(s) | University of California, Berkeley Cornell University Institute for Creation Research |
| Known for | Prominent public speaker on creationism |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Bronze Star Medal |
Duane Tolbert Gish (February 17, 1921 – March 5, 2013[1]) was an American biochemist and a prominent member of the creationist movement.[2] A young Earth creationist, Gish was a former vice-president of the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) and the author of numerous publications about creation science.
Gish was called "creationism's T. H. Huxley" for the way he "relished the confrontations" of formal debates with prominent evolutionary biologists, usually held on university campuses,[3] while abandoning formal debating principles. A creationist publication noted in his obituary that "it was perhaps his personal presentation that carried the day. In short, the audiences liked him."[4]
- ^ Looy, Mark (6 March 2013). "Creation Debater Dr. Duane Gish Passes Away". answersingenesis.org. Answers in Genesis. Retrieved March 6, 2013.
- ^ Hayward, James L. (1998). The Creation/Evolution Controversy : an Annotated Bibliography. Scarecrow Press/Salem Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-8108-3386-7.
- ^ Numbers 2006, p. 316
- ^ Henry Morris III (2013). "Duane Gish: Celebrating a Creation Champion". Acts & Facts. pp. 18–19. Retrieved July 31, 2015.