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.