Henry M. Morris
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". He coauthored The Genesis Flood with John C. Whitcomb in 1961.
Henry M. Morris | |
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Henry Morris | |
| Born | Henry Madison Morris October 6, 1918 Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Died | February 25, 2006 (aged 87) Santee, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Rice University (BS) University of Minnesota (MS, PhD) |
| Occupation | President of the Institute for Creation Research |
| Successor | John D. Morris |
| Spouse |
Mary Louise Beach (m. 1940) |
| Children | Henry Morris III Kathleen John D. Morris Andrew Mary Rebecca |
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. 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.