William Henry Bateson

William Henry Bateson (1812, Liverpool, Lancashire – 1881 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was a British scholar and, from 1857 until 1881, Master of St John's College, Cambridge. In 1858 Bateson held the position of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was the father of the geneticist William Bateson^[1] and Margaret Bateson, and the grandfather of cyberneticist Gregory Bateson. He is not buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.

References

1. "Bateson, William Henry (BT829WH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

•  Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Bateson, William Henry". Dictionary of National Biography 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.