Bateson, Mary (1865–1906)

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Bateson, Mary (1865–1906)

British specialist in medieval sociology. Born Sept 12, 1865, in Ings House, Robin Hood's Bay, near Whitby, England; died Nov 30, 1906, in Cambridge, England; dau. of William Henry Bateson (1812–1881) and Anna Aikin; sister of biologist William Bateson (1861–1926, pioneer in study of genetics); attended Newnham College, Cambridge (1887); became a member of the Council at Newnham College.

Was a lecturer at Newnham College (1888–1906); influenced by Mandell Creighton, focused on monastic history; published The Register of Crabhouse Nunnery (1889); turned to municipal history, editing Records of the Borough of Leicester (3 vols., 1899–1905), The Charters of the Borough of Cambridge (1901), The Cambridge Gild Records (1903), and Grace Book B (2 vols. 1903–05); edited many works for antiquarian societies; was a Warburton lecturer at Manchester University and an ardent suffragist.

See also Women in World History.