Paul was born in Brisbane and did an Honours degree in History at the University of Queensland, winning a medal and a scholarship to the London School of Economics and Political Science at London University, where he obtained a PhD. He was appointed Lecturer in History at UQ and subsequently Reader and Professor and being awarded a Doctorate of Letters. He is now an Emeritus Professor.
Paul has published widely on Anglo-American history and Darwinian themes. His books include Benjamin Kidd: Portrait of a Social Darwinist; Darwinism, War and History; Darwin’s Coat-Tails: Essays on Social Darwinism and Grafton Elliot Smith: Egyptology and the Diffusion of Culture. His latest book is Intellectuals and the Decline of Religion, published by Boolarong Press, Brisbane. It looks at a subject in which he has long been interested: the effect upon the main Christian churches of the forces of secularisation that had been set in motion during the Enlightenment and intensified during the 20th and 21st centuries.
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