Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon Berg, 1938-2017
- GB-2014-WSA-02846
- Person
- 1938-2017
Bateson, Sir Paul Patrick Gordon Berg, son of Richard Gordon Bateson, Prin. Scientific Officer, Dept. of Sci. and Indust. Research, and Solvi Helene, d. of Paal Berg, Chief Justice of Norway; b. 31 Mar. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (W); (B) 1952; left Dec. 1956; King’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1957, BA 1960, PhD 1963, MA 1965, ScD 1977; Harkness Fellow, Stanford Univ. Med. Center, Palo Alto, CA, USA 1963-5; sen. res. asst., Univ. of Camb., 1965-9, lecturer in Zoology 1969-78, Reader in Animal Behaviour 1978-84, Prof. of Ethology 1984-2005, Prof. Emeritus 2005-; Fellow of King’s Coll. Camb. 1964-84, Professorial Fellow 1984-8, Provost 1988-2003, Life Fellow 2003-; knighted 2003; Pres., Zoological Soc. of Lond., 2004-14; Scientific Medal of Zoological Soc. 1976; FRS 1983, Biological Sec. 1998-2003; author of Perspectives in Ethology (8 vols) 1973-88, Growing Points in Ethology 1976, Defended to Death 1983, Mate Choice 1983, Measuring Behaviour 1986, The Domestic Cat 1988; m. 20 July 1963 Dusha, d. of Kenneth Matthews, writer and broadcaster; d. 1 Aug. 2017.