1861 - 1926
William Bateson (8 August 1861 – 8 February 1926) was an English biologist who was the first person to use the term genetics to describe the study of heredity, and the chief populariser of the ideas of Gregor Mendel following their rediscovery in 1900 by Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Bateson has received more than 254,852 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. William Bateson is the 117th most popular biologist (down from 111th in 2019), the 810th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 821st in 2019) and the 21st most popular British Biologist.
William Bateson is most famous for his work in genetics, specifically his discovery of the law of dominance.
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Among biologists, William Bateson ranks 117 out of 841. Before him are Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Sydney Brenner, John Ray, Giovanni Sartori, Archibald Hill, and Oliver Smithies. After him are Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Ferdinand Cohn, Norman Borlaug, Har Gobind Khorana, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, and Rudolf Weigl.
1737 - 1813
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 111
1927 - 2019
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 112
1627 - 1705
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 113
1924 - 2017
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 114
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 115
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 116
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 117
1727 - 1817
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 118
1828 - 1898
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 119
1914 - 2009
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 120
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 121
1778 - 1858
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 122
1883 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 123
Among people born in 1861, William Bateson ranks 28. Before him are Antoine Bourdelle, Italo Svevo, José Rizal, Ranavalona III, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, and Anton Arensky. After him are Henry Gantt, Armando Diaz, István Tisza, Nettie Stevens, Solomon R. Guggenheim, and Pierre Duhem. Among people deceased in 1926, William Bateson ranks 28. Before him are Nikola Pašić, Karl Harrer, Viktor Vasnetsov, Kim Hyong-jik, Mikao Usui, and Victor, Prince Napoléon. After him are Constantin Fehrenbach, Ellen Key, Friedrich von Wieser, Knut Wicksell, Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and Ugyen Wangchuck.
1861 - 1929
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 22
1861 - 1928
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 23
1861 - 1896
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 24
1861 - 1917
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 25
1861 - 1936
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 26
1861 - 1906
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 27
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 28
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 29
1861 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 30
1861 - 1918
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 31
1861 - 1912
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 32
1861 - 1949
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 33
1861 - 1916
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 34
1845 - 1926
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 22
1890 - 1926
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 23
1848 - 1926
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 24
1894 - 1926
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 25
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 26
1862 - 1926
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 27
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 28
1852 - 1926
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 29
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 30
1851 - 1926
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 31
1851 - 1926
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 32
1869 - 1926
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 33
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 34
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Bateson ranks 810 out of 7,765. Before him are David McCallum (1933), Oliver Smithies (1925), Prince John of the United Kingdom (1905), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Edward Burne-Jones (1833), and Robert FitzRoy (1805). After him are George Porter (1920), James Hadley Chase (1906), Peter Benenson (1921), Brian Epstein (1934), Louise of Great Britain (1724), and Jerome K. Jerome (1859).
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 804
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 805
1905 - 1919
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 806
1917 - 1985
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 807
1833 - 1898
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 808
1805 - 1865
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 809
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 810
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 811
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 812
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 813
1934 - 1967
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 814
1724 - 1751
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 815
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 816
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Bateson ranks 21. Before him are John Gurdon (1933), William Carey (1761), Philip Sclater (1829), John Ray (1627), Archibald Hill (1886), and Oliver Smithies (1925). After him are Martin Evans (1941), Desmond Morris (1928), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), Anna Atkins (1799), Michael Houghton (1949), and J. B. S. Haldane (1892).
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 15
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 16
1829 - 1913
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 17
1627 - 1705
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 18
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 19
1925 - 2017
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 20
1861 - 1926
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 21
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 22
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 23
1952 - 1952
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 24
1799 - 1871
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 26
1892 - 1964
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 27