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Bateson

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Bateson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Batte", a medieval diminutive of Bartholomew. It is rare as a given name. People with the surname Bateson include:

Bateson
Origin
Meaning"son of Batte"
Region of originAnglo-Saxon
Other names
Variant form(s)Bates
  • Edith Bateson (1867–1938), English artist
  • Frank Bateson (1909–2007), New Zealand astronomer
  • Frederick Wilse Bateson (1901–1978), English literary scholar
  • Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), British anthropologist (son of William Bateson)
  • Jack Bateson (born 1994), British boxer
  • Mary Catherine Bateson (1939-2021), U.S. writer and anthropologist (daughter of Gregory Bateson)
  • Patrick Bateson (1938–2017), British biologist and science writer
  • Paul Bateson (born 1940), American radiological technician who appeared in The Exorcist and was later convicted of a murder
  • Thomas Bateson (c.1570–1630), English madrigal composer
  • Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore (1819-1890), British Conservative politician
  • Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), British actor
  • William Bateson (1861–1926), British geneticist who coined the term "genetics"

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