Bateson

Bateson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Batte", a medieval diminutive of Bartholomew. It is rare as a given name. People with the surname Bateson include:

• Frank Bateson (1909–2007), New Zealand astronomer
• Frederick Wilse Bateson (1901–1978), English literary scholar
• Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), British anthropologist (son of William Bateson)
• Mary Catherine Bateson (born 1939), U.S. writer and anthropologist (daughter of Gregory Bateson)
• Patrick Bateson (born 1938), British biologist and science writer
• Thomas Bateson (c.1570–1630), English madrigal composer
• Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore (1819-1890), British Conservative politician
• Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), British actor
• William Bateson (1861–1926), British geneticist who coined the term "genetics"

See also

• Bates (disambiguation)
• Beatson (disambiguation)

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