Henry M. Morris

Henry M. Morris
Henry Morris
Born
Henry Madison Morris

(1918-10-06)October 6, 1918
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
DiedFebruary 25, 2006(2006-02-25) (aged 87)
Santee, California, U.S.
Alma materRice University (BS)
University of Minnesota (MS, PhD)
OccupationPresident of the Institute for Creation Research
SuccessorJohn D. Morris
Spouse
Mary Louise Beach
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(m. 1940)​
ChildrenHenry M. Morris III
Kathleen
John D. Morris
Andrew
Mary
Rebecca[1]

Henry Madison Morris (October 6, 1918 – February 25, 2006) was an American young Earth creationist, Christian apologist and engineer. He was one of the founders of the Creation Research Society and the Institute for Creation Research. He is considered by many to be "the father of modern creation science".[2] He coauthored The Genesis Flood with John C. Whitcomb in 1961.[2][3][4]

Morris adhered to both biblical literalism and inerrancy. Accordingly, he opposed the billions-of-years time scales of evolution, the age of the Earth and the age of the Universe.[5] Morris's influential approach, while adopted widely by the modern creationist movement, continues to be rejected by the mainstream scientific community, as well as by old Earth creationists, intelligent design advocates and theistic evolutionists.[6]

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  4. ^ Rudoren, Jodi (March 4, 2006). "Henry M. Morris, 87, a Theorist of Creationism, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  5. ^ Numbers, Ronald (1991). The Creationists. University of California Press. pp. 193–195.
  6. ^ Smith, Ken (Summer 1992). "Adam, Eve and Thermodynamics". The Skeptic. Retrieved 25 January 2014.