William Bateson
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William Bateson was an English biologist who coined the term genetics to describe the study of heredity. His popularization of Gregor Mendel's work following its rediscovery in 1900 earned him the nic
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Crayon drawing by the biologist Dennis G. Lillie, 1909
Gregory Bateson
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Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician, and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. His writings include
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…in June 1896, by which time the bride's father had died and her mother may have been persuaded to drop her opposition to the marriage. Their son was Gregory Bateson, the anthropologist and cyberneticist who was married to Margaret Mead. Bateson has been described as a "very militant" atheist. Beatrice said he never…
Rudolph Arnheim (left) and Bateson (right) speaking at the American Federation of Arts 48th Annual Convention, 6 April 1957 (photo by Eliot Elisofon) American Federation of Arts records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution