William Bateson
1861 - 1926

- Born
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08 August 1861
St Hilda's Terrace, Ruswarp, near Whitby, Yorkshire, England
- Died
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08/02/1926
Manor House, Watery Lane, Merton, Surrey, England
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 07/06/1894
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 33
- Occupation
- Biologist
- Relationships
- Parents: William Henry Bateson (1812–1881), master of St John's College, Cambridge, and Anna Aikin (1829–1918), daughter of James Aikin (1792–1878), Liverpool shipping merchant. Spouse: Beatrice Durham, daughter of a senior surgeon at Guy's Hospital, Arthur Edward Durham (1834–1895) (1889). Children: Three sons: John was killed in the First World War in 1918, Martin committed suicide in 1922, and Gregory Bateson (1904–1980) had a distinguished career in social anthropology and psychology. A cousin of the grandfather of Patrick Bateson FRS.
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Paper, 'Note on the later stages in the development of Balanoglossus Kowalevskii (Agassiz), and on the affinities of the enteropneusta' by William Bateson
Creator: William Bateson Reference number: PP/6/4 -
Referee's report by Edwin Ray Lankester, on two papers 'On Phymosoma varians' by Arthur Everett Shipley, and 'On some variations of Cardium edule apparently correlated to the conditions of life' by William Bateson
Creator: Edwin Ray Lankester Reference number: RR/10/241 -
Referee's report by Henry Bowman Brady, on a paper 'On some variations of Cardium edule apparently correlated to the conditions of life' by William Bateson
Creator: Henry Bowman Brady Reference number: RR/10/242 -
Referee's report by Francis Galton, on three papers 'Experimental Studies in the Physiology of Heredity' by William Bateson, E R Saunders and Reginald Crundall Punnett, 'Experiments with Poulty' by C C Hurst, and 'Some Experiments on Wheat-breeding' by Rowland Harry Biffen
Creator: Francis Galton Reference number: RR/16/171 -
Letter from Sidney Frederic Harmer, to Robert William Frederick Harrison, regarding three papers 'Experimental Studies in the Physiology of Heredity' by William Bateson, E R Saunders and Reginald Crundall Punnett, 'Experiments with Poulty' by C C Hurst, and 'Some Experiments on Wheat-breeding' by Rowland Harry Biffen
Creator: Sidney Frederic Harmer Reference number: RR/16/172 -
Referee's report by Francis Darwin, on report submitted to the Evolution Committee, II, regarding three papers 'Experimental Studies in the Physiology of Heredity' by William Bateson, E R Saunders and Reginald Crundall Punnett, 'Experiments with Poulty' by C C Hurst, and 'Some Experiments on Wheat-breeding' by Rowland Harry Biffen
Creator: Francis Darwin Reference number: RR/16/173
Referee of
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Referee's report by William Bateson, on a paper 'Experiments in hybridization; with special reference to the effect of conditions on dominance' by Leonard Doncaster
Creator: William Bateson Reference number: RR/16/39 -
Referee's report by William Bateson, on a paper 'The function of sex' by G Archdall Reid
Creator: William Bateson Reference number: RR/16/367 -
Referee's report by William Bateson, on a paper 'On the result of crossing round with wrinkled peas, with especial reference to their starch-grains' by A D Darbishire
Creator: William Bateson Reference number: RR/17/149 -
Referee's report by William Bateson, on two papers [attributed] 'On some features in the hereditary transmission of the self-black and the “Irish” coat characters in rats.—Paper I' and 'On some features in the hereditary transmission of the albino character and the black piebald coat in rats.—Paper II' by George Percival Mudge
Creator: William Bateson Reference number: RR/17/206 -
Referee's report by William Bateson, on a paper 'An experimental estimation of the theory of ancestral contributions in heredity' by A D Darbishire
Creator: William Bateson Reference number: RR/17/267