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	'''David Charles Cunningham Watson''', (20 February 1920 – 12 January 2004) was an English teacher, author and [[creationist]], born in [[Bharatpur, India]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/02/08/16hdline.htm \|title=Obituary \|date=8 February 2004 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=2008-07-26}}</ref>		'''David Charles Cunningham Watson''', (20 February 1920 – 12 January 2004) was an English teacher, author and [[creationist]], born in [[Bharatpur, India]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/02/08/16hdline.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117170013/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/02/08/16hdline.htm \|url-status=usurped \|archive-date=17 November 2007 \|title=Obituary \|date=8 February 2004 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|access-date=2008-07-26}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	In 1976 Watson, who was a member of the [[Evolution Protest Movement]], lost his job teaching religious education at a state school in the United Kingdom. Although creationists publicly reported that this dismissal was for refusing "to teach that Genesis is myth" and rallied to his support, they privately intimated opinions about his inability to control pupils classroom behaviour and failure to follow the prescribed syllabus. The ''[[Times Educational Supplement]]'' reported that students interrupted his class with shouts of "rubbish".<ref>{{cite book \| last = Numbers \| first = Ronald \| author-link = Ronald Numbers \| title = [[The Creationists]]: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design, Expanded Edition \| publisher = Harvard University Press \| date = 30 November 2006 \| pages = [https://archive.org/details/creationistsfrom0000numb/page/300 300, p521–522:n31] \| isbn = 0-674-02339-0 }}</ref>		In 1976 Watson, who was a member of the [[Evolution Protest Movement]], lost his job teaching religious education at a state school in the United Kingdom. Although creationists publicly reported that this dismissal was for refusing "to teach that Genesis is myth" and rallied to his support, they privately intimated opinions about his inability to control pupils classroom behaviour and failure to follow the prescribed syllabus. The ''[[Times Educational Supplement]]'' reported that students interrupted his class with shouts of "rubbish".<ref>{{cite book \| last = Numbers \| first = Ronald \| author-link = Ronald Numbers \| title = [[The Creationists]]: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design, Expanded Edition \| publisher = Harvard University Press \| date = 30 November 2006 \| pages = [https://archive.org/details/creationistsfrom0000numb/page/300 300, p521–522:n31] \| isbn = 0-674-02339-0 }}</ref>

	As of 1980 he was Director of the [[Institute for Creation Research]]'s Midwest Center in Illinois,<ref>[[Henry M. Morris\|Morris, Henry]], [http://www.icr.org/articles/print/163 ICR staff list] in ICR's ''Acts & Facts'' magazine, August 1980.</ref><!-- also ~~verifable~~ from http://www.libertyparkusafd.org/lp/Paley/Papers/Pre-1990/The%20ICR%20Scientists.htm and acknowledged in ICR's obituary notice in http://www.icr.org/pdf/af/af0403.pdf --> but in September of that year [[Walt Brown (creationist)\|Walt Brown]] assumed that role.<ref>Dutton, Julie A., [http://www.lib.niu.edu/1981/ii810222.html 'Scientific creationism' challenges theory of evolution], Illinois Issues/23, February 1981</ref> In 1997, the journal of another UK creationist group published an article that included Watson's views in a table comparing the opinions of "leading creationists".<ref>Bradshaw, Robert I., Disagreements Among Leading Creationists Over Biblical Interpretation in "The Interpretation of Nature & the Bible", ''Origins'' (1997), journal of the [[Biblical Creation Society]]. Republished on author's website [http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_creationherm.html BiblicalStudies.org.uk]</ref>		As of 1980 he was Director of the [[Institute for Creation Research]]'s Midwest Center in Illinois,<ref>[[Henry M. Morris\|Morris, Henry]], [http://www.icr.org/articles/print/163 ICR staff list] in ICR's ''Acts & Facts'' magazine, August 1980.</ref><!-- also verifiable from http://www.libertyparkusafd.org/lp/Paley/Papers/Pre-1990/The%20ICR%20Scientists.htm and acknowledged in ICR's obituary notice in http://www.icr.org/pdf/af/af0403.pdf --> but in September of that year [[Walt Brown (creationist)\|Walt Brown]] assumed that role.<ref>Dutton, Julie A., [http://www.lib.niu.edu/1981/ii810222.html 'Scientific creationism' challenges theory of evolution], Illinois Issues/23, February 1981</ref> In 1997, the journal of another UK creationist group published an article that included Watson's views in a table comparing the opinions of "leading creationists".<ref>Bradshaw, Robert I., Disagreements Among Leading Creationists Over Biblical Interpretation in "The Interpretation of Nature & the Bible", ''Origins'' (1997), journal of the [[Biblical Creation Society]]. Republished on author's website [http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_creationherm.html BiblicalStudies.org.uk]</ref>

	He died in [[Worthing]] in 2004.<ref name="The Hindu"/>		He died in [[Worthing]] in 2004.<ref name="The Hindu"/>
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'''David Charles Cunningham Watson''', (20 February 1920 – 12 January 2004) was an English teacher, author and [[creationist]], born in [[Bharatpur, India]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/02/08/16hdline.htm |title=Obituary |date=8 February 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2008-07-26}}</ref>

==Biography==
Watson graduated from the [[University of Cambridge]] with [[First class honours]] in [[Classics]], winning the [[Carus Greek Testament Prizes|Carus Greek Testament Prize]] in 1947. He was later a Senior Scholar at [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]].<ref>Watson, David, [http://www.churchsociety.org/crossway/documents/Cway_023_Watson-JohnPearson.pdf Great Anglican Divines — (5) John Pearson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525211452/http://www.churchsociety.org/crossway/documents/Cway_023_Watson-JohnPearson.pdf |date=25 May 2011 }}, ''Cross†Way'', Winter 1986, Church Society.</ref>

He then served as a [[missionary]] in India, teaching at a Christian school near Madras (now [[Chennai]]).<ref>Johnson, Douglas, ''[https://books.google.com/books?ct=result&q=%22David+C.C.+Watson%22+-blog+-wiki&lr=&sa=N&start=10 Contending for the Faith: A History of the Evangelical Movement in the Universities and Colleges]'', IVP (1979), 273.</ref> There he came into contact with Hannington Enoch, Professor of Zoology at [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]],<ref name=UESI>[http://www.uesi.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=31 History of UESI] Union of Evangelical Students of India.</ref> whose articles Watson cited as influential on his own creationist efforts.<ref>Watson, David C.C., [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v13/i1/hunting.asp The man who got me hunting down evolution! Professor Enoch], ''Creation'' 13(1) (December 1990), 39.</ref> In 1951 he was a founding member and the magazine editor of the Inter Collegiate Evangelical Union (ICEU) of Madras, which was one of a number of movements that later formed the [[Union of Evangelical Students of India]].<ref name=UESI/>

In 1975 and 1976 he published ''The Great Brain Robbery'' and ''Myths and Miracles'', which were later translated into other languages including German, Spanish and Finnish.

In 1976 Watson, who was a member of the [[Evolution Protest Movement]], lost his job teaching religious education at a state school in the United Kingdom. Although creationists publicly reported that this dismissal was for refusing "to teach that Genesis is myth" and rallied to his support, they privately intimated opinions about his inability to control pupils classroom behaviour and failure to follow the prescribed syllabus. The ''[[Times Educational Supplement]]'' reported that students interrupted his class with shouts of "rubbish".<ref>{{cite book | last = Numbers | first = Ronald | author-link = Ronald Numbers | title = [[The Creationists]]: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design, Expanded Edition | publisher = Harvard University Press | date = 30 November 2006 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/creationistsfrom0000numb/page/300 300, p521–522:n31] | isbn = 0-674-02339-0 }}</ref>

As of 1980 he was Director of the [[Institute for Creation Research]]'s Midwest Center in Illinois,<ref>[[Henry M. Morris|Morris, Henry]], [http://www.icr.org/articles/print/163 ICR staff list] in ICR's ''Acts & Facts'' magazine, August 1980.</ref> but in September of that year [[Walt Brown (creationist)|Walt Brown]] assumed that role.<ref>Dutton, Julie A., [http://www.lib.niu.edu/1981/ii810222.html 'Scientific creationism' challenges theory of evolution], Illinois Issues/23, February 1981</ref> In 1997, the journal of another UK creationist group published an article that included Watson's views in a table comparing the opinions of "leading creationists".<ref>Bradshaw, Robert I., Disagreements Among Leading Creationists Over Biblical Interpretation in "The Interpretation of Nature & the Bible", ''Origins'' (1997), journal of the [[Biblical Creation Society]]. Republished on author's website [http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_creationherm.html BiblicalStudies.org.uk]</ref>

He died in [[Worthing]] in 2004.<ref name="The Hindu"/>

==Works==
===Creationism===
*''The Great Brain Robbery: Creation or Evolution?'' (1975) 105pp. {{ISBN|978-0-85479-960-2}}<br>[Reprint (Dillon's book, 1989) 140pp. {{ISBN|978-0-9514538-0-3}}
*''Myths and Miracles: A New Approach to Genesis 1–11'' (1976) 120pp. {{ISBN|978-0-85479-601-4}}<br>[Reprint (Creation Science Foundation, 1991) ASIN B000WO6FOY].
*Ten articles in ''Origins'', journal of the [[Biblical Creation Society]] (1989 to 1995)<ref>[http://www.biblicalcreation.org.uk/bcs_publications/bcs071.html Contents list for ''Origins''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820004937/http://www.biblicalcreation.org.uk/bcs_publications/bcs071.html |date=20 August 2008 }}, journal of the Biblical Creation Society</ref>

In translation:
*''Die grosse Gehirnwäsche: Schöpfung oder Evolution?'' (1977) Schulte, {{ISBN|3-87739-545-7}}.
*''Weltschöpfung und Urgeschichte aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht'' (1987) Schulte, {{ISBN|3-87739-319-5}}.
*''El gran fraude intelectual'' (1981) Clie, {{ISBN|84-7228-589-8}}.
*''Mitos y milagros'' (1980) Clie, {{ISBN|84-7228-555-3}}.
*''Elämän synty: sattumaa vai suunnittelua?'' (1979) Ristin voitto, {{ISBN|951-605-587-7}}.

===General evangelical theology===
*''Fact or Fantasy: Authenticity of the Gospels'' (1980) 142pp. {{ISBN|978-0-85479-022-7}}
*''The End is Nigh'' ([[Creation Science Movement]], Pamphlet 296, 1994)
*''Gospel According to Matthew: Commentary'' (Welsh Riviera Press, 1996), {{ISBN|978-1-899654-26-0}}

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