Ralph Samuel Bates

Background

Bates, Ralph Samuel was born on June 19, 1906 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Samuel and Alice (Burns) Bates.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Rochester, 1927. AM, University Rochester, 1931. AM, Harvard University, 1930.

Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1938.

Career

Instructor, history Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1938—1941, 1946. Instructor, bibliography Brown University, Providence, 1946—1947. Professor, history Findlay College, Ohio, 1947—1951.

Instructor to professor Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts, 1952—1976, professor emeritus, history, since 1976. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1941-1945.

Achievements

• Ralph Samuel Bates has been listed as a noteworthy history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Scientific Societies in the United States (MIT Press Classics)

    ( In this latest edition of the first extensive account o...)

  • Scientific Societies In the United State
  • Scientific Societies in the United States - Second Edition
  • Scientific Societies in the United States.

Membership

Chairman Bridgewater History Commission, Massachusetts, 1976—1984. Member of Old Bridgewater History Society (Massachusetts) (president 1957-1976), Massachusetts Archaeol. Society 1971-1973, (correspondent secretary 1976-1984, archivist since 1982).

Connections

Married Susie Mabell Thombs, August 9, 1947. Children: Thomas Samuel, James Ralph.