Batsons plexus is named after anatomist Oscar Vivian Batson
First described it in 1940
Cadaveric Venous Injections And Radiography
Found Out Venous Plexus Associated With Metastasis
Several earlier descriptions of the venous plexus had been made however Batson's investigations of cadaveric venous injections and radiography solidified the importance of the venous plexus and its role in metastatic disease (especially prostatic malignancy spread from the veins to the vertebrae)