Patrick Bateson

Professor
Sir Patrick Bateson
FRS
Provost of King's College, Cambridge
In office
1987–2003
Preceded by Bernard Williams
Succeeded by Judith Mayhew

Sir Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson, FRS (31 March 1938 – 1 August 2017) was an English biologist and science writer. Bateson was professor of ethology at Cambridge University and president of the Zoological Society of London since 2004.

Bateson's grandfather's cousin was the geneticist William Bateson, and his daughter is Melissa Bateson, also a professor of ethology, at Newcastle University. Patrick Bateson received a BA degree in zoology and a PhD degree in animal behaviour from the University of Cambridge under Robert Hinde.[1] Previous academic positions include a Harkness Fellowship at Stanford University[2] and ten years as head of the Cambridge sub-department of Animal Behaviour. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1983.

Bateson retired as the biological secretary to the Royal Society after five years and Provost of King's College, Cambridge after fifteen years in 2003. He retired from his Cambridge Chair in 2005. Bateson was knighted in 2003. He received an Honorary ScD degree from the University of St Andrews[3] and an Honorary Fellowship from Queen Mary University of London.[4]

Bateson published on such topics as ethology, animal welfare, behavioral development and evolution. He also gave public lectures and broadcasts.

Bateson was an atheist.[5]

He died on 1 August 2017 at the age of 79.[6]

Selected works

See also

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Bateson Q&A
  2. ↑ Patrick Bateson profile, Edge.org; accessed 18 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Honorary degrees, st-andrews.ac.uk; accessed 18 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Honorary Fellows, qmul.ac.uk; accessed 18 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "A confirmed agnostic, he [Bateson] was converted to atheism after attending a dinner where he tried to converse with a woman who was a creationist. "For many years what had been good enough for Darwin was good enough for me. Not long after that dreadful dinner, Richard Dawkins wrote to me to ask whether I would publicly affirm my atheism. I could see no reason why not." " Lewis Smith, 'Science has second thoughts about life', The Times (London), January 1, 2008, Pg. 24.
  6. ↑ PROF. SIR PATRICK BATESON FRS
Academic offices
Preceded by
Bernard Williams		 Provost of King's College, Cambridge
1987-2003 		Succeeded by
Judith Mayhew
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