William Bateson
English biologist
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William Bateson was an English biologist who was the first person to use the term genetics to describe the study of heredity, and the chief populariser of the ideas of Gregor Mendel following their rediscovery in 1900 by Hugo de Vries and Carl... Wikipedia
Born: August 8, 1861, Whitby, United Kingdom
Died: February 8, 1926 (age 64 years), London Borough of Merton, United Kingdom
Children: Gregory Bateson, John Bateson, and Martin Bateson
Spouse: Caroline Beatrice Durham (m. 1896)
Education: University of Cambridge, Rugby School, and St John's College
Award: Royal Medal (1920)
