Gregory Bateson

English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist (1904-1980).

Born May 9th, 1904 in Grantchester. [ref]

Died July 4th, 1980 at 76 years old in San Francisco. [ref]

Occupations
anthropologist, biologist, film director, linguist, philosopher, psychologist, semiotician, sociologist
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson