Edward Larson

Edward Larson

Edward John Larson is an American historian and legal scholar. He is University Professor of history and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University, he was formerly Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law and Richard B. Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia.cite web |url= http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/020508/living_20080205012.shtml |last=Smith|first=Loran |title= Larson's outstanding legacy as a Bulldog will not evolve |work=Athens Banner-Herald |date=February 5, 2004 |publisher=Morris Communications |accessdate=2008-04-02]

He won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book "Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion". The book argues that "Inherit the Wind" (both play and movie) misrepresented the actual Scopes Trial.

He graduated from Williams College and received his law degree from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in the history of science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In 2005, he was interviewed by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show on evolution along side William Dembski and Ellie Crystal.cite news | url=http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=124491&title=Evolution,-Schmevolution---Panel:-Edward-J.-Larson,-William-A.-Dembski,-Ellie-Crystal | title=Evolution, Schmevolution - Panel | publisher=The Daily Show |date=September 14, 2005 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2007-02-19]

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External links

* [http://law.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/larson.html Pepperdine University biography]
* [http://www.law.uga.edu/academics/profiles/larson.html University of Georgia biography]

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