Edward Larson

Edward John Larson is a historian and legal scholar who received his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, and his law degree (doctorate of jurisprudence) from Harvard University.[1]

He was formerly the Talmadge Chair of Law and Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia[2], and currently holds the position of Hugh & Hazel Darling Professor of Law at Pepperdine University.[3]

He received the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History for his work, Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.

Publications

• Scientists are still keeping the faith Nature Vol. 386, No. 6624, pp.435-436 (1997)
• Leading scientists still reject God by Edward J. Larson. Nature, Vol. 394, No. 6691, p. 313 (1998) Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
• Evangelists for Science Review of NAS publication: Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science by Edward J. Larson. Isis, Vol. 90, No. 3. (Sep., 1999), pp. 558-559.
• Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion.

References

• Edward J. Larson Biography by Pepperdine University
• Edward Larson bio by Answers.com
• Controversy of Evolution, Creationism Teaching Discussed in Lecture News Release. Oregon State University.