1743–1805 English clergyman and author of works on theology, especially his Natural Theology, and proponent of the ‘watchmaker’ theory of creation.
Keywords: natural theology; Darwin; Ray
Paley, William
Philip F Rehbock, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002451
| Further Reading | |
| book Paley W (1825) The Works of William Paley, D.D., with Sermons, etc. etc. and a Corrected Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by the Rev. Edmund Paley, A.M., new edn., 7 vols. London: C and J Rivington, and others. | |
| book Dawkins R (1987) The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design. New York/London: Norton. | |
| book Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1901) Stephen L and Lee S (eds). Oxford: Oxford University Press. | |
| book Dictionary of Scientific Biography (1970–1980) Gillispie CC (ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. | |
| book Keynes JM (1951) Essays in Biography, new edn. New York: Horizon Press. | |
| book LeMahieu DL (1976) The Mind of William Paley: A Philosopher and His Age. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. | |
| book Meadley GW (1810) Memoirs of William Paley, D.D., 2nd edn. Edinburgh: A Constable. | |
