Phillip E. Johnson

Phillip E. Johnson (June 18, 1940 – November 2, 2019) was an American writer and law professor. He was the UC Berkeley law professor and co-founder of the pseudo-scientific intelligent design movement. He was an author of the "Wedge strategy" and co-founder of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture (CSC) . 
He said of himself "the father of the intelligent design movement". 
Johnson died on November 2, 2019 at his Berkeley, California home at the age of 79.