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Bateson

American  
[beyt-suhn] / ˈbeɪt sən /

noun

  1. William, 1861–1926, English biologist and geneticist.


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Four years ago, with the UK beginning to emerge from its latest Covid-19 lockdown, teacher Damaris Bateson asked her new intake of Year 7 students to write letters to their future selves.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

As you reveal, both Mead and Bateson were involved to a certain extent with American spies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

“The result is really interesting and important,” says behavior biologist Melissa Bateson of Newcastle University.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 6, 2023

“Everyone should feel safe at work and in the presence of their colleagues, and the incident you describe is absolutely unacceptable,” Ms. Viner and Ms. Bateson wrote.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2023

“When power is discovered, man always turns to it,” Bateson wrote darkly.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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