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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Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius