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William Bateson

1861 - 1926

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Bateson is the 169th most popular biologist (down from 144th in 2019), the 952nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 837th in 2019) and the 30th most popular British Biologist.

William Bateson is most famous for his work in genetics, specifically his discovery of the law of dominance.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Bateson ranks 169 out of 1,097. Before him are Renato Dulbecco, Mario Capecchi, Henry Walter Bates, Louis Agassiz, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, and Leland H. Hartwell. After him are Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Joseph Dalton Hooker, John Ray, Norman Borlaug, Adolf Engler, and George Robert Gray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, William Bateson ranks 29. Before him are Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Antoine Bourdelle, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Italo Svevo, Maximilian von Spee, and Nettie Stevens. After him are Anton Arensky, István Tisza, Solomon R. Guggenheim, Ranavalona III, Armando Diaz, and Michel Verne. Among people deceased in 1926, William Bateson ranks 27. Before him are Nikola Pašić, Margherita of Savoy, John Browning, Viktor Vasnetsov, Karl Harrer, and Constantin Fehrenbach. After him are John Louis Emil Dreyer, Mikao Usui, Ugyen Wangchuck, Friedrich von Wieser, Knut Wicksell, and Ellen Key.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Bateson ranks 952 out of 8,785. Before him are Naomi Watts (1968), Damon Hill (1960), G. I. Taylor (1886), Ken Hensley (1945), Stirling Moss (1929), and H. H. Asquith (1852). After him are Stephen Gray (1666), Peter Cushing (1913), Kevin Keegan (1951), Richard Arkwright (1732), William Holman Hunt (1827), and Naomi Campbell (1970).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Bateson ranks 30. Before him are Reginald Innes Pocock (1863), William Jackson Hooker (1785), Oliver Smithies (1925), Martin Evans (1941), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), and Henry Walter Bates (1825). After him are Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817), John Ray (1627), George Robert Gray (1808), Anna Atkins (1799), Julian Huxley (1887), and Joseph Banks (1743).

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