caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date known_for signature image article_title name occupation
benjamin e. bates from 1877-78 bates student 14 january 1878 boston , massachusetts mansfield , massachusetts , u.s.a. 08 july 1808 benefactor and namesake of bates college benjamin_bates signature founder of bates college.jpg benjamin bates.jpg benjamin e. bates
 benjamin bates entrepreneur , philanthropist
benjamin e. bates

benjamin edward bates -lrb- july 12 , 1808 -- january 14 , 1878 -rrb- was a new england industrialist and philanthropist , who was the namesake and a founder of bates college and the bates mill in lewiston , maine .
