- Gregory Bateson was born on May 9, 1904 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was a director and cinematographer, known for A Balinese Family: the Karmas of Bajoeng Gedé (1952), Trance and Dance in Bali (1951) and An Ecology of Mind (2010). He was married to Lois Cammack, Elizabeth Sumner and Margaret Mead. He died on July 4, 1980 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- SpousesLois Cammack(1961 - July 4, 1980) (his death, 1 child)Elizabeth Sumner(1951 - 1957) (divorced, 3 children)Margaret Mead(1936 - 1950) (divorced, 1 child)
- Anthropologist, Social Scientist, Cyberneticist.
- Wrote two famous books: Steps to an Ecology of Mind, and Mind & Nature.
- With Don Jackson and John Weakland, the three became know as the "Palo Alto Group" and founded MRI (Mental Research Institute).
- Gregory Bateson's MRI coined the term "Dysfunctional Family" in the 1950s to describe the cause of schizophrenia but ultimately this theory was found to be erroneous.
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