Sir Patrick Bateson, FRS, is an English biologist and science writer. Bateson is currently professor of ethology at King's College, Cambridge University, the vice-president of the Royal Society and president of the Zoological Society of London.

Bateson received his BA in zoology and PhD in animal behaviour from Cambridge University. Previous academic positions include a Harkness Fellowship at Stanford University and ten years as head of the Cambridge sub-department of Animal Behaviour. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1983. He retired as the biological secretary to the Royal Society and Provost of King's College in 2004, but continues in his other roles.

Bateson is a science populariser who has written a number of books on ethology, developmental biology and genetics, gives public lectures and broadcasts, as well as advising Parliament on scientific matters.

Bibliography

• Mate Choice (1983)
• The Development and Integration of Behaviour (1991)
• Behavioural Mechanisms in Evolutionary Perspective (1992)
• Measuring Behaviour, with Paul Martin (1993)
• Perspectives in Ethology (series)
• Design For A Life, with Paul Martin (1999)

External links

• The Edge biography (http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/batesonp.html)
• Official homepage (http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~ppgb/)