William Bateson
Geneticist, Academic
1861 – 1926
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Who was William Bateson?
William Bateson was an English geneticist and a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. He was the first person to use the term genetics to describe the study of heredity and biological inheritance, and the chief populariser of the ideas of Gregor Mendel following their rediscovery in 1900 by Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns.
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- Born
- Aug 8, 1861
Robin Hood's Bay - Also known as
- Бетсон Вільям
- Бэтсон, Уильям
- 威廉·贝特森
- Parents
- Spouses
- Caroline Beatrice Durham
(1896 - )
- Caroline Beatrice Durham
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Rugby School
- University of Cambridge
- St John's College, Cambridge
- Died
- Feb 8, 1926
London Borough of Merton
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on July 23, 2013
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