Duane Gish

Duane Tolbert Gish (February 17, 1921 – March 5, 2013) was an American biochemist and a prominent member of the creationist movement. 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.

Duane Gish
Born
Duane Tolbert Gish

(1921-02-17)February 17, 1921
White City, Kansas, U.S.
Died5 March 2013(2013-03-05) (aged 92)
San Diego, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BS)
University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)
Employer(s)University of California, Berkeley
Cornell University
Institute for Creation Research
Known forProminent public speaker on creationism
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service1941–1945
RankCaptain
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsBronze Star Medal

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, 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."

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