Patrick Bateson Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Birth Name:Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson
Birth Date:1938 3, df=yes
Fields:Ethology
Plasticity
Death Date:[1]
Workplaces:University of Cambridge
Stanford University
Education:Westminster School
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Thesis Title:The Development of Filial and Avoidance behaviour in the domestic chicken
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.449192
Awards:Frink Medal (2014)
Thesis Year:1963
Doctoral Advisor:Robert Hinde
Doctoral Students:Mark H. Johnson[2] [3]
Known For:Bateson's cube

Sir Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson, [4] (31 March 1938  - 1 August 2017) was an English biologist with interests in ethology and phenotypic plasticity.[5] Bateson was a professor at the University of Cambridge and served as president of the Zoological Society of London from 2004 to 2014.[6] [7] [8] [9]

Education

Bateson was educated at Westminster School and King's College, Cambridge where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in zoology in 1960 and a PhD for research on animal behaviour supervised by Robert Hinde.[10] [1] [11]

Career and research

Bateson was a biologist who specialised in researching the behaviour of animals and how it is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Patrick was a world authority on imprinting 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.[12]

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.[12]

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.[12]

Previous academic positions include a Harkness Fellowship at Stanford University[1] [13] and ten years as head of the Cambridge sub-department of Animal Behaviour. Bateson served five years as biological secretary to the Royal Society and fifteen years as provost of King's College, Cambridge, retiring from both in 2003.[4] He retired from his Cambridge Chair in 2005.

Bateson published on such topics as ethology, animal welfare, behavioral development and evolution.[1]

Selected publications

Awards and honours

Bateson was knighted for services to science in the 2003 Birthday Honours list. He received an Honorary Doctor of Science (ScD) degree from the University of St Andrews[14] and an Honorary Fellowship from Queen Mary University of London.[15]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1983.[12] In 2014 he received the Frink Medal from the Zoological Society of London.[16]

Personal life

Patrick Bateson's grandfather's cousin was the geneticist William Bateson. Patrick's daughter is Melissa Bateson, also a professor of ethology, at Newcastle University.[17] Patrick Bateson was an atheist.[18] He died on 1 August 2017 at the age of 79.[1] [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Laland. Kevin N.. Patrick Bateson (1938–2017) Biologist who unravelled how animal behaviour develops. Nature. 548. 7668. 2017. 394. 0028-0836. 10.1038/548394a. 28836598. free.
  2. PhD. University of Cambridge. An analysis of the neural systems underlying filial preference behaviour in the domestic chick. Mark H.. Johnson. 1985. . Jisc.ac.uk. 59349905.
  3. Web site: Neurotree - Patrick Bateson. Neurotree.org. 9 April 2019.
  4. Laland. Kevin N.. Kevin Laland. Rose. Steven. Sir Patrick Bateson FRS. 31 March 1938—1 August 2017. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 66. 2019. 25–51. 0080-4606. 10.1098/rsbm.2018.0040. free.
  5. McCabe. Brian J.. Sir Patrick Bateson (1938–2017). Science. 358. 6360. 2017. 174. 0036-8075. 10.1126/science.aap9754. 29026034. 2017Sci...358..174M. 206664775. free.
  6. Web site: Career profiles: How I came to study animal behaviour . 30 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203022247/http://archive.bio.ed.ac.uk/asab/resources/profiles/bateson.html . 3 December 2013 . dead .
  7. Web site: Patrick Bateson interviewed by Alan Macfarlane. Alan . Macfarlane . 2007. Alanmacfarlane.com.
  8. Web site: Professor Sir Patrick Bateson, FRS. Zoo.cam.ac.uk. University of Cambridge. Anon. 2017.
  9. Bateson. Patrick. Patrick Bateson. Barker. David. Clutton-Brock. Timothy. Tim Clutton-Brock. Deb. Debal. D'Udine. Bruno. Foley. Robert A.. Gluckman. Peter. Godfrey. Keith. Kirkwood. Tom. Lahr. Marta Mirazón. McNamara. John. Metcalfe. Neil B.. Monaghan. Patricia. Pat Monaghan. Spencer. Hamish G.. Sultan. Sonia E.. Developmental plasticity and human health. Nature. 430. 6998. 2004. 419–421. 0028-0836. 10.1038/nature02725. 15269759. 2004Natur.430..419B. 4374045.
  10. PhD. University of Cambridge. The Development of Filial and Avoidance behaviour in the domestic chicken. Paul Patrick Gordon. Bateson. 1963. . Copac.jisc.ac.uk. 500380329. 11 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181118205639/https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/23483522?style=html. 18 November 2018. dead.
  11. Bateson. Patrick. Patrick Bateson. Current Biology. 25. 5. 2015. R180–R181. 0960-9822. 10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.040. 25897438. free. 2015CBio...25.R180B .
  12. Web site: Professor Patrick Bateson FRS. https://web.archive.org/web/20170815135948/https://royalsociety.org/people/patrick-bateson-11050. 2017-08-15. Royalsociety.org. Royal Society. London. Anon. 2017.

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  13. Web site: Patrick Bateson profile. Edge.org. 22 December 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20160908054547/https://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/batesonp.html. 8 September 2016. dead.
  14. http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2001/title,42364,en.php Honorary degrees
  15. http://www.qmul.ac.uk/alumni/notablealumni/honoraryfellows/ Honorary Fellows
  16. Web site: Winners of the ZSL Frink Medal for British Zoologists . ZSL. 18 September 2019.
  17. Davies . Nick . Nicholas Barry Davies . January 2018 . Sir Patrick Bateson 1938–2017 . . en . 160 . 1 . 253–254 . 10.1111/ibi.12550. free .
  18. "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.
  19. News: Martin. Paul. Sir Patrick Bateson obituary. 15 August 2017. The Guardian. 14 August 2017.

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