Editing Richard Dawkins (section)

== Personal life ==
Dawkins has been married four times and has a daughter. On 19 August 1967 Dawkins married the ethologist [[Marian Stamp Dawkins|Marian Stamp]] in the Protestant church in [[Annestown]], [[County Waterford]], Ireland;<ref>Richard Dawkins, ''An Appetite for Wonder – The Making of a Scientist'', p. 201.</ref> they divorced in 1984. On 1 June 1984 he married Eve Barham (1951–1999) in Oxford. They had one daughter prior to their divorce.<ref name=McKie/> In 1992 he married the actress [[Lalla Ward]]<ref name="McKie">{{cite news |first=Robin |last=McKie |title=Doctor Zoo |url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1268687,00.html |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=25 July 2004 |access-date=17 March 2008 |archive-date=28 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128132354/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1268687,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea|Kensington and Chelsea]]. Dawkins met her through their mutual friend [[Douglas Adams]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams |url=https://archive.org/details/hitchhikerbiogra00simp |url-access=registration |year=2005 |publisher=[[Justin, Charles & Co.]] |isbn=978-1-932112-35-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/hitchhikerbiogra00simp/page/129 129] |first1=M.J. |last1=Simpson}} [https://archive.org/details/hitchhikerbiogra00simp/page/129 Chapter 15, p. 129]</ref> who had worked with her on the [[BBC]] television series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Dawkins and Ward separated in 2016 and they later described the separation as "entirely amicable".<ref>{{cite news |title=Richard Dawkins and Viscount of Bangor's sister Lalla Ward separate after 24 years |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/richard-dawkins-and-viscount-of-bangors-sister-lalla-ward-separate-after-24-years-34890652.html |access-date=17 July 2016 |newspaper=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |date=17 July 2016 |archive-date=18 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718144205/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/richard-dawkins-and-viscount-of-bangors-sister-lalla-ward-separate-after-24-years-34890652.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Dawkins is currently married to an illustrator named Jana Lenzová.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Genetic Book of the Dead |url=https://richarddawkins.com/books/book/the-genetic-book-of-the-dead |access-date=21 January 2025 }}</ref>

On 6 February 2016 Dawkins suffered a minor haemorrhagic [[stroke]] while at home.<ref name="stroke">{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Dudding |title=Richard Dawkins suffers stroke, cancels New Zealand appearance |date=12 February 2016 |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/76837596/richard-dawkins-suffers-stroke-cancels-new-zealand-appearance |newspaper=Fairfax New Zealand |access-date=12 February 2016 |archive-date=13 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213113111/http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/76837596/Richard-Dawkins-suffers-stroke-cancels-New-Zealand-appearance |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/12/richard-dawkins-has-stroke-on-eve-of-australia-and-new-zealand-tour |title=Richard Dawkins stroke forces delay of Australia and New Zealand tour |first=Calla |last=Wahlquist |newspaper=The Guardian |date=11 February 2016 |access-date=11 February 2016 |location=London |archive-date=12 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212131437/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/12/richard-dawkins-has-stroke-on-eve-of-australia-and-new-zealand-tour |url-status=live }}</ref> He reported later that year that he had almost completely recovered.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36363676 |title=Professor Dawkins on recovering from a mild stroke |work=Radio 4 Today |date=24 May 2016 |access-date=10 October 2016 |archive-date=13 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013152931/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-36363676 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://richarddawkins.net/2016/04/an-april-4th-update-from-richard/ |title=An April 4th Update from Richard |date=4 April 2016 |access-date=5 April 2016 |first=Richard |last=Dawkins |publisher=Richard Dawkins Foundation |archive-date=19 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419135501/https://richarddawkins.net/2016/04/an-april-4th-update-from-richard/ |url-status=live }} [https://soundcloud.com/user-733970241 Audio file] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115021827/https://soundcloud.com/user-733970241 |date=15 November 2017 }}</ref>