William Bateson

William Bateson (August 8, 1861 - February 8, 1926) was an English geneticist.\nHe was born in Whitby, educated at Rugby School and St John's College, Cambridge, he popularised the work of Gregor Mendel in the English-speaking world. He then led the Biometrician school of thought against Darwinism, through a feud with the gradualists led by Karl Pearson, which was resolved with the modern evolutionary synthesis.

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\n* BBC site\nBateson, William