# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-bateson
# Generated: 2026-09-01T06:38:32.823Z

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name: "William Bateson"
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description: "William Bateson was an English biologist who coined the term genetics to describe the study of heredity. His popularization of Gregor Mendel's work following its rediscovery in 1900 earned him the nickname \"Mendel's bulldog\". His 1894 book Materials for the Study of Variation was one of the earliest formulations of the new approach to genetics."
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birthDate: "1861-08-08"
deathDate: "1926-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump