Bates, Joshua, 1776-1854

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Birth 1776-03-20
Death 1854-01-15

Biographical notes:

Bates received his A.B. from Harvard in 1800.

From the description of Mathematics notebook : manuscript, [ca. 1798] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612875419

American educator; banker; known as chief founder of Boston Public Library

From the guide to the Joshua Bates letter to Senator Samuel Smith, 1833, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Epithet: American financier

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000983.0x000202

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  • Mathematics

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Places:

  • Massachusetts--Cambridge (as recorded)
  • Canada, North America (as recorded)

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