James Moore is a historian of science at the

Open University The Open University (OU) is a British Public university, public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by List of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, number of students. The majority of the OU's underg ...

and the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

and visiting scholar at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...

, is noted as the author of several biographies of

Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended ...

. As a Cambridge research scholar and a member of the teaching staff at the Open University, he has studied and written about Darwin since the 1970s, co-authoring with

Adrian Desmond Adrian John Desmond (born 1947) is an English writer on the history of science and author of books about Charles Darwin. Life He studied physiology at London University and went on to study history of science and vertebrate palaeontology at Unive ...

the major biography ''Darwin'', and also writing ''The Darwin Legend,'' ''The Post-Darwinian Controversies,'' and many articles and reviews.

Publications

*James Moore. (1979). ''The Post-Darwinian Controversies: A Study of the Protestant Struggle to Come to Terms with Darwin in Great Britain and America, 1870-1900'', Cambridge University Press * * *

Notes

References

* Adrian Desmond and James Moore, ''Darwin'', London: Michael Joseph, the Penguin Group, 1991, * ''The Darwin Legend'', Hodder & Stoughton Religious, 1995,

External links

SOF: Evolution and Wonder - Understanding Charles Darwin (Speaking of Faith from American Public Media)
Links to mp3 and transcript, as well as links to supporting material, including radio interview with James Moore.

interview with James Moore and others. * (pdf)
Moore and Darwin
on ''

In Our Time In Our Time may refer to: * ''In Our Time'' (1944 film), a film starring Ida Lupino and Paul Henreid * ''In Our Time'' (1982 film), a Taiwanese anthology film featuring director Edward Yang; considered the beginning of the "New Taiwan Cinema" * ''In ...

'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, James Harvard University staff Living people James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients Historians of biology Charles Darwin biographers Year of birth missing (living people)