| Authorised form of name | Bateson; Sir; Paul Patrick Gordon (1938 - 2017) |
| Dates | 1938 - 2017 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Chinnor Hill, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Date of birth | 31/03/1938 |
| Date of death | 01/08/2017 |
| Activity | Education:
Westminster School (1951-1956); BA Natural Sciences First class, King's College Cambridge, Senior Scholarship, Frank Smart Prize 1960 (1957-1960); Ph.D. Postgraduate research, Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, Cambridge (1960-1963); MA Cambridge 1965; Harkness Fellowship, Stanford Medical Centre, California (1963-1965)
Career:
Senior Assistant in Research, Cambridge (1965-1969); Lecturer in Zoology, Cambridge (1969-1978); Reader in Animal Behaviour (1978-1984); Director of Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour (1976-1988); Head of Department of Zoology (1994-1996); Professor of Ethology (1984-2005); Professor Emeritus (2005 - )
Appointments at King's College Cambridge - Junior Research Fellow, 1964-68; Senior Research Fellow, 1968-9; Official Fellow, 1969-1984; Professorial Fellow, 1984-1988; Provost (Head of College ) 1988-2003; Life Fellow 2003 -
Honours:
Kt 2003
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1983 |
| Age at election | 44 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Biological Secretary and Vice President 1998-2003 |
| Relationships | Related to William Bateson, FRS (a cousin of his grandfather), who was one of the champions of Gregor Mendel and coined the term "genetics". ; married Dusha Matthews 1963; 2 daughters, melissa b. 1968, Anna B. 1972 |
| PublishedWorks | 'Defended to Death' Penguin 1983 with G Prins and others: 'Measuring Behaviour' Cambridge University Press 1986 (with P Martin); Second edition 1993. Translated into Japanese, Spanish and italian. Third edition 2007; 'The Behavioural and Physiological Effects of Culling Deer' The National Trust, 1997; 'Design for a Life: How Behaviour Develps' Jonathan Cape, 1999 (with P Martin); Paperback edition 2000. 'Plasticity, Robustness, Development and Evolution' Cambridge University Press, 2011 (with P Gluckman).
Film: 'Imprinting' 35 minutes. Appleton-Century, 1969 (with Ellen P Reese) |
| Source | References:
'Address of the President, Lord May of Oxford, AC, FRS, given at the Anniversary meeting on 30 November 2001' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 121-129
Patrick Bateson, 'William Bateson, Archibald Garrod and the Nature of the "Inborn"' in 'A Century of Mendelism in human genetics' ed M Keynes et al
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| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/85249535 |
| Code | NA2071 |