Bateson

Bateson is an English language patronymic surname meaning "son of Batte", a medieval diminutive of Bartholomew. It is rare as a given name. People with the surname Bateson include:

BatesonOrigin

Meaning| "son of Batte"
Region of origin| Anglo-Saxon
Other names
Variant form(s)| Bate, Bates, Batey, Batson, Battey, Batts, Batty, Battye

* Bob Bateson (born 1961), American football player
* Edith Bateson (1867–1938), English artist
* Frank Bateson (1909–2007), New Zealand astronomer
* Frederick Wilse Bateson (1901–1978), English literary scholar
* Gregory Bateson (1904–1980), British anthropologist (son of William Bateson)
* Jack Bateson (born 1994), British boxer
* Mary Catherine Bateson (1939–2021), U.S. writer and anthropologist (daughter of Gregory Bateson)
* Patrick Bateson (1938–2017), British biologist and science writer
* Paul Bateson (born 1940), American radiological technician who appeared in The Exorcist and was later convicted of a murder
* Thomas Bateson (c.1570–1630), English madrigal composer
* Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore (1819–1890), British Conservative politician
* Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), British actor
* William Bateson (1861–1926), British geneticist who coined the term "genetics"
* William Henry Bateson (1812–1881), British academic

## See also

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* Bates (disambiguation)
* Beatson (disambiguation)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Bateson.
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