Bates may refer to:
Places
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Bates, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
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Bates, Illinois. an unincorporated community in Sangamon County
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Bates, Michigan, a community in Grand Traverse County
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Bates, New York, a hamlet in the town of Ellington in Chautauqua County
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Bates, Oregon
Bates is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States. it has a post office with a ZIP code 97817. The elevation is .
Bates was a lumber mill town until 1975 with a population of up to 400. Bates State Park opened in 2011 ...
, unincorporated community in Grant County
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Bates County, Missouri
Bates County is a county located in the west central part of the U.S. state of Missouri, two counties south of the Missouri River and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,042. Its county se ...
, county in Missouri
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Bates Island
Bates Island is a narrow island long lying east of Jurva Point, Renaud Island, in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica. It was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committ ...
, Biscoe Islands, Antarctica
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Bates Island (Massachusetts), Island in Lake Chaubunagungamaug
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Bates Point, in Victoria Land, Antarctica
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Bates Pond (Carver, Massachusetts)
Bates Pond is a pond in Carver, Massachusetts. The pond is located south of Edaville Railroad
Edaville Railroad (also branded Edaville USA and Edaville Family Theme Park) is a heritage railroad and amusement park in South Carver, Massachuset ...
, Twenty-acre pond
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Bates State Park
Bates State Park is a state park in Grant County, Oregon, USA, near Prairie City. The park includes hiking trails, primitive RV and tent campsites, and a day use area for hikers and bicyclists.
History
The park is located on the Middle Fork Jo ...
, in Grant County, Oregon
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Bates Township, Michigan, in Iron County
People
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Bates (surname), a common surname
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Bates family
The Bates family is an American political and banking family from Maine and Massachusetts whose members include a prominent member of the prestigious Hell Fire Club, the 26th U.S. Attorney General serving under Abraham Lincoln, the second Gover ...
, a banking family in the United States and the United Kingdom
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Bates Gill
Bates Gill (, ) is an expert on Chinese foreign policy and a former Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Gill has a long record of research and publication on both international and regional security issues. ...
(born 1959), American political scientist
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Bates Lowry (1923–2004), American art historian
Organizations
Colleges and universities
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Bates College
Bates College () is a private liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian Houses as some of the dormitories. It maintains of nature p ...
, a liberal arts college founded in 1855 in Lewiston, Maine
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Bates Technical College
Bates Technical College is a public technical college located in Tacoma, Washington, US. The college offers two-year Associate of Applied Science degrees, academic certificates, and industry certifications. Bates is accredited by the Northwest Com ...
, a technical college founded in 1940 in Tacoma, Washington
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Bates Theological Seminary
Cobb Divinity School (also known as Bates Theological Seminary or the Free Will Baptist Bible School) was a Baptist theological institute. Founded in 1840, it was a Free Will Baptist graduate school affiliated with several Free Baptist institution ...
, also known as Cobb Divinity School
Companies and industries
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Bates 141
Bates CHI & Partners (formerly Bates 141 and Bates) is an advertising and marketing agency and a member of the WPP Group.
History
The Bates brand was born in 1940, when Ted Bates opened his first office, Ted Bates Inc., in New York. Ted even ...
, an advertising agency renamed Bates in 2011
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Bates Mill
The Bates Mill is a textile factory company founded in 1850 and located at 35 Canal Street in Lewiston, Maine. The mill served as Maine's largest employer through the 1860s, and early profits from the mill provided much of the initial capital for ...
, a factory founded 1854 in Lewiston, Maine, producing textiles, also the site of an industrial park
Transportation and vehicles
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BATES
Bates may refer to:
Places
* Bates, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Bates, Illinois. an unincorporated community in Sangamon County
* Bates, Michigan, a community in Grand Traverse County
* Bates, New York, a hamlet in the town of Ell ...
, an acronym for BAllistic Test and Evaluation System
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Bates (automobile), an automobile manufactured by the Bates Automobile Company
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Bates Monoplane, a pioneering aircraft built by Carl Sterling Bates in 1911
Other
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Bates method, a method of vision improvement
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Bates numbering
Bates numbering (also known as Bates stamping, Bates branding, Bates coding or Bates labeling) is a method of sequentially numbering pages with a reference number. A hand-operated Bates numbering device is used to "stamp" a number on a page, and ...
, a number system for standardized document identification used in the legal, medical, and business fields
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The Bates __NOTOC__
The Bates were a German punk band, founded in Eschwege, federal state of Hessen, in 1987. The name referred to the character Norman Bates from Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film, '' Psycho''.
The Bates were mainly known for their cover ve ...
, a German punk band
* Bates Uniform Footwear, a brand of footwear owned by
Wolverine World Wide
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. or Wolverine Worldwide, is a publicly traded American footwear manufacturer based in Rockford, Michigan. The shoemaker is known for its eponymous brand, Wolverine Boots and Shoes, as well as other brands, such as Hush ...
See also
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Bates House (disambiguation)
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Bates Motel (disambiguation)
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Justice Bates (disambiguation)
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Bate (disambiguation)
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