Percival Davis


Percival William Davis, also known as Bill Davis, is an American author, young Earth creationist, and intelligent design proponent.

Education and career

Davis graduated from DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts in zoology in 1958. He then earned a Master of Arts in zoology in 1961 from Columbia University and a master's degree and then his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida in 1993 in instructional technology.
Beginning in 1968, Davis was a professor of Life Science at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida but has since retired. Since 2006, he has been a visiting professor of biology at Clearwater Christian College.

Intelligent design

The term "intelligent design" came into general usage following the publishing of the 1989 book Of Pandas and People co-authored by Davis and Dean H. Kenyon. The pair suggested that Darwinism, more than a century old, had outlived its usefulness, primarily because evolution was unable to explain all the biological complexities, which they argue show evidence of an intelligent designer. Davis additionally co-wrote A Case for Creation with Wayne Frair, published by Moody Bible Institute in 1983.
In a November 1994 Wall Street Journal front-page article concerning why he decided to co-author Of Pandas and People, quoted Davis saying "Of course my motives were religious. There's no question about it."

Books

  • Davis PW. and Frair W. A Case for Creation. 3d. rev. ed..
  • Davis PW., Villee C, Solomon EP. Biology.
  • Davis PW. and Dean H. Kenyon. Of Pandas and People.
  • Davis PW. and Solomon EP. Human Anatomy and Physiology..
  • Davis PW. and Solomon EP. The World of Biology, 3rd Ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders, 1986.
  • ''Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology''