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[[Anthony Standen]] (d. 1993, age 86) was a respected chemist and entomologist who also wrote the popular book ''[[Science is a Sacred Cow]]'' (1950)<ref name=NYTobit> [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DF1E3DF936A15755C0A965958260 "Anthony Standen Is Dead at 86; Chemist Who Deflated Pomposity"], Wolfgang Saxon, June 25, 1993, [[New York Times]]</ref>.  He was born in 1906 to an American mother and a British father<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=N8uB8UO2WsMC&pg=PA384&lpg=PA384&dq=%22Anthony+Standen%22+Cow&source=bl&ots=_oddLkQ41v&sig=qk4GL-_tvHUWLKSJ39WK6nk2vkY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result "Personal Survival:Do we live after death?"] (pages 384-399), Biographical info and essay by Standen in ''The Spirit of Man:  Great Stories and Experiences of Spiritual Crisis, Inspiration, and the Joy of Life'', Whit Burnett (Ed.), Ayer Publishing, 1969,
 
[[Anthony Standen]] (d. 1993, age 86) was a respected chemist and entomologist who also wrote the popular book ''[[Science is a Sacred Cow]]'' (1950)<ref name=NYTobit> [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DF1E3DF936A15755C0A965958260 "Anthony Standen Is Dead at 86; Chemist Who Deflated Pomposity"], Wolfgang Saxon, June 25, 1993, [[New York Times]]</ref>.  He was born in 1906 to an American mother and a British father<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=N8uB8UO2WsMC&pg=PA384&lpg=PA384&dq=%22Anthony+Standen%22+Cow&source=bl&ots=_oddLkQ41v&sig=qk4GL-_tvHUWLKSJ39WK6nk2vkY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result "Personal Survival:Do we live after death?"] (pages 384-399), Biographical info and essay by Standen in ''The Spirit of Man:  Great Stories and Experiences of Spiritual Crisis, Inspiration, and the Joy of Life'', Whit Burnett (Ed.), Ayer Publishing, 1969,
 
ISBN 0836900367</ref>.  He was educated at [[Oxford University]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and the [[University of New Hampshire]].
 
ISBN 0836900367</ref>.  He was educated at [[Oxford University]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and the [[University of New Hampshire]].
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He believed that scientists and their theories should be subjected to the same scrutiny and criticism that other professionals face.
    
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