English biologist
Sir Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson ,FRS [ 6] English biologist with interests inethology andphenotypic plasticity .[ 1] [ 7] professor at theUniversity of Cambridge and served as president of theZoological Society of London from 2004 to 2014.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
Bateson was educated atWestminster School andKing's College, Cambridge [ 5] Bachelor of Arts degree inzoology in 1960 and aPhD for research onanimal behaviour supervised byRobert Hinde .[ 13] [ 2] [ 14] [ 11]
Career and research [ edit ] Bateson was a biologist who specialised in researching the behaviour of animals and how it is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. He was a world authority onimprinting in birds – the process of learning to recognise their parents and members of their own species – and his work led to new principles in behavioural development.[ 15]
Bateson devised original experiments that showed how characteristics of imprinting depend on the bird's early life experiences. Bateson's investigation of learning in birds has led to greater understanding of the neural basis of memory. He had an interest in how developmental and behavioural processes influence evolution.[ 15]
Bateson was concerned with the ethics of using animals in research and the analysis of animal pain and suffering. This led to a study exploring the effects hunting with hounds had on red deer, an inquiry into dog breeding, and a review of the use of animals in research.[ 15]
Previous academic positions include aHarkness Fellowship atStanford University [ 2] [ 16] provost ofKing's College, Cambridge , retiring from both in 2003.[ 6]
Bateson published on such topics as ethology,animal welfare , behavioral development andevolution .[ 2]
Selected publications [ edit ] Growing Points in Ethology , withRobert Hinde (1976)[ISBN missing Mate Choice (1983)[ISBN missing The Development and Integration of Behaviour (1991)[ISBN missing Assessment of Pain in Animals (1991)[ISBN missing Behavioural Mechanisms in Evolutionary Perspective (1992)[ISBN missing Measuring Behaviour , withPaul Martin (3rd edition 2007)[ISBN missing The Behavioural and Physiological Effects of Culling Red Deer (1997)[ISBN missing Perspectives in Ethology (series)[ISBN missing Design for a Life , with Paul Martin (1999); 2000 hbkISBN 0-684-86932-2 ISBN 0-684-86933-0 "Innateness and the sciences", withMatteo Mameli (2006),Biology & Philosophy ,https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-005-5144-0 Independent Inquiry into Dog Breeding (2010)[ISBN missing Review of Research using Non-Human Primates (2011)[ISBN missing "An evaluation of the concept of innateness", withMatteo Mameli (2011),Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ,https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0174 Plasticity, Robustness, Development and Evolution , withPeter Gluckman (2011)[ISBN missing Patrick Bateson; Paul Martin (2013).Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation .Cambridge University Press .doi :10.1017/CBO9781139057691.003 .ISBN 978-1107015135 Patrick Bateson (2017).Behaviour, Development and Evolution .Open Book Publishers .doi :10.11647/obp.0097 ISBN 978-1-80064-516-5 Bateson wasknighted for services to science in the2003 Birthday Honours list. He received an HonoraryDoctor of Science (ScD) degree from theUniversity of St Andrews [ 17] Queen Mary University of London .[ 18]
He was elected aFellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1983.[ 15] Frink Medal from theZoological Society of London .[ 19]
Patrick Bateson's grandfather's cousin was thegeneticist William Bateson . Patrick's daughter is Melissa Bateson, also a professor of ethology, atNewcastle University .[ 20] [ 21] [ 2] [ 5] [ 22]
^a b Patrick Bateson publications indexed byGoogle Scholar ^a b c d e f g Laland, Kevin N. (2017)."Patrick Bateson (1938–2017) Biologist who unravelled how animal behaviour develops" .Nature 548 (7668): 394.doi :10.1038/548394a ISSN 0028-0836 .PMID 28836598 . ^ Johnson, Mark H. (1985).An analysis of the neural systems underlying filial preference behaviour in the domestic chick Jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.OCLC 59349905 .EThOS uk.bl.ethos.356655 . [permanent dead link ^ "Neurotree – Patrick Bateson" .Neurotree.org . Retrieved9 April 2019 .^a b c Anon (2017)."Bateson, Prof. Sir (Paul) Patrick (Gordon)" Who's Who Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black.doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.6789 . (Subscription orUK public library membership required.) ^a b Laland, Kevin N. ; Rose, Steven (2019)."Sir Patrick Bateson FRS. 31 March 1938—1 August 2017" .Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 66 :25– 51.doi :10.1098/rsbm.2018.0040 ISSN 0080-4606 .^ McCabe, Brian J. (2017)."Sir Patrick Bateson (1938–2017)" .Science .358 (6360): 174.Bibcode :2017Sci...358..174M .doi :10.1126/science.aap9754 ISSN 0036-8075 .PMID 29026034 .S2CID 206664775 . ^ "Career profiles: How I came to study animal behaviour" . Archived fromthe original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved30 November 2013 .^ Macfarlane, Alan (2007)."Patrick Bateson interviewed by Alan Macfarlane" .Alanmacfarlane.com . Archived fromthe original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved12 January 2009 . ^ Patrick Bateson publications indexed by theScopus bibliographic database.(subscription required) ^a b Anon (2017)."Professor Sir Patrick Bateson, FRS" . University of Cambridge. ^ Bateson, Patrick ; Barker, David;Clutton-Brock, Timothy ; Deb, Debal; D'Udine, Bruno; Foley, Robert A.; Gluckman, Peter; Godfrey, Keith; Kirkwood, Tom; Lahr, Marta Mirazón; McNamara, John; Metcalfe, Neil B.;Monaghan, Patricia ; Spencer, Hamish G.; Sultan, Sonia E. (2004). "Developmental plasticity and human health".Nature .430 (6998):419– 421.Bibcode :2004Natur.430..419B .doi :10.1038/nature02725 .ISSN 0028-0836 .PMID 15269759 .S2CID 4374045 .^ Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon (1963).The Development of Filial and Avoidance behaviour in the domestic chicken Copac.jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.OCLC 500380329 .EThOS uk.bl.ethos.449192 . Archived fromthe original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved11 December 2017 . ^ Bateson, Patrick (2015)."Patrick Bateson" .Current Biology .25 (5):R180 – R181 .Bibcode :2015CBio...25.R180B .doi :10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.040 ISSN 0960-9822 .PMID 25897438 . ^a b c d Anon (2017)."Professor Patrick Bateson FRS" .Royalsociety.org . London:Royal Society . Archived fromthe original on 15 August 2017. "All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available underCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .” --"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies" . Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved24 August 2017 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
^ "Patrick Bateson profile" .Edge.org . Archived fromthe original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved22 December 2004 .^ Honorary degrees Archived 5 March 2016 at theWayback Machine , St-andrews.ac.uk; accessed 18 February 2017.^ Honorary Fellows Archived 27 September 2016 at theWayback Machine , qmul.ac.uk; accessed 18 February 2017.^ "Winners of the ZSL Frink Medal for British Zoologists" (PDF) . ZSL. Retrieved18 September 2019 .[permanent dead link ^ Davies, Nick (January 2018)."Sir Patrick Bateson 1938–2017" .Ibis 160 (1):253– 254.doi :10.1111/ibi.12550 ^ "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), 1 January 2008, Pg. 24. ^ Martin, Paul (14 August 2017)."Sir Patrick Bateson obituary" .The Guardian . Retrieved15 August 2017 .
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