Charles Spence Bate

Charles Spence Bate, or Spence Bate, FRS (March 16, 1819 – July 29, 1889) was a British zoologist and dentist, who lived in Swansea and Plymouth. He was an expert on the crustacea. He often wrote to Charles Darwin, mainly about their shared interest in barnacles. He wrote "A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea" with J. O. Westwood.

A number of species are named after him:
Pseudoparatanais batei (G. O. Sars, 1882)
Amphilochus spencebatei (Stebbing, 1876)
Scyllarus batei Holthuis, 1946
Costa batei (Brady, 1866)
Periclimenes batei Holthuis, 1959

Category:1819 births
Category:1889 deaths

Category:British biologists
Category:British zoologists
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society