W. Bateson

William Bateson was a British biologist and geneticist who was born on August 8, 1861, in Whitby, Yorkshire, England. He was the son of William Henry Bateson, a clergyman, and Anna Aiken, a writer. Bateson was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he studied natural sciences and zoology. After completing his studies, Bateson worked as a lecturer in biology at St. John's College, Cambridge, and later at the University of Edinburgh. He was interested in the study of heredity and variation in living organisms, and he conducted extensive research on these topics. Bateson is best known for his work on genetics, which he began in the late 19th century. In 1900, Bateson published a paper on the inheritance of coat color in mice, which he called "Mendel's Principles of Heredity." This paper was a landmark in the history of genetics, as it introduced the work of Gregor Mendel to the English-speaking world. Bateson went on to become one of the leading proponents of Mendelian genetics, and he played a key rol