Henry M. Morris

Henry Madison Morris (born October 6, 1918 in Dallas , Texas , † February 25, 2006 in San Diego , California ) was an American boy-earth creationist , apologist and hydraulic engineer . He is considered the father of " creation science ".

Life

Morris grew up in Texas in the 1920s and 1930s. According to his own statements, he was religiously indifferent as a youth. 1939 joined Morris, a study of civil engineering at Rice University awarded the degree of Bachelor. By his own account, he soon became a religious Christian and adopted the view of biblical infallibility .

He married Mary Louise on January 24, 1940, and the marriage had six children. Until 1942 he worked as a hydraulic engineer for the International Boundary and Water Commission in El Paso , Texas . He then returned to Rice University, where he taught hydraulic engineering until 1946. From 1946 to 1951 he worked at the University of Minnesota , where he earned a Masters in Hydraulics in 1948 and a PhD in Hydraulic Engineering in 1950 . (His minor subjects were geology and mathematics .) In 1951 he became professor and director of civil engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette . From 1956 to 1957 he was a professor of applied science at Southern Illinois University . He then was Professor of Hydraulic Engineering and Chairman of the Dean's Office of Civil Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University .

Morris died of a stroke on the morning of February 25, 2006 .

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In 1961, together with the theologian John C. Whitcomb, he wrote the book The Genesis Flood (German edition: Die Sintflut ), which made the concepts of "creation science" and flood geology known. The flood geology assumes that the earth, as described in the Bible, was really completely flooded during the flood . This book had a major impact on the development of creationism in the United States. Morris is therefore considered the father of creationist "creation science". In this book he wrote that his views were heavily influenced by George McCready Price . Price was an Adventist teacher who defended the concept of creation against evolutionary theory in the early 20th century .

In 1963, Morris founded the Creation Research Society with nine like-minded people . In 1970 he founded the Institute for Creation Research (ICR). After Morris retired, his son John D. Morris (born 1946) took over the presidency of the ICR.

In addition to most of his work dealing with "creation science" and questions of evolution , he also wrote the books Many Infallible Proofs and The Bible Has The Answer , which deal with general Christian apologetic topics.

Web links

• Literature by and about Henry M. Morris in the catalog of the German National Library