William Bateson

William Bateson
William Bateson
Born8 August 1861
Whitby, Yorkshire[1]
Died8 February 1926(1926-02-08) (aged 64)
Alma materSt. John's College, Cambridge
Known forheredity and biological inheritance
AwardsRoyal Medal (1920)
Scientific career
Fieldsgenetics

William Bateson (8 August 1861 – 8 February 1926) 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 Correns. His 1894 book Materials for the Study of Variation was one of the earliest formulations of the new approach to genetics.

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  2. ^ "Obituary. William Bateson". Botanical Society and Exchange Club of the British Isles, Report for 1926: 87–88. 1926.