Gregory Bateson Scientist

Gregory Bateson (9 May 1904 – 4 July 1980) was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. In the 1940s he helped extend systems theory and cybernetics to the social and behavioral sciences. He spent the last decade of his life developing a "meta-science" of epistemology to bring together the various early forms of systems theory developing in different fields of science. His writings include Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972) and Mind and Nature (1979). Angels Fear (published posthumously in 1987) was co-authored by his daughter Mary Catherine Bateson.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 09, 1904
Birth place	United Kingdom , Grantchester , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Date of death	July 04, 1980
Place of death	San Francisco , United States
Known for	Double bind Schismogenesis

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Field of study	Anthropology Social science Systems theory Cybernetics Linguistics
influenced	Félix Guattari Gilles Deleuze Niklas Luhmann Social science R. D. Laing Evolutionary biology Biosemiotics Jay Haley Brief psychotherapy Anti-psychiatry Type theory Donald deAvila Jackson Ethnic group Neuro-linguistic programming Communication theory John Grinder Richard Bandler Coaching Paul Watzlawick Visual anthropology Carl Whitaker Stephen Nachmanovitch Family therapy William Irwin Thompson Bradford Keeney
influenced by	Conrad Hal Waddington