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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 Ellington in Chautauqua County * Bates, Oregon, unincorporated community in Grant County * Bates County, Missouri, county in Missouri * Bates Island, Biscoe Islands, Antarctica * Bates Island (Massachusetts), Island in Lake Chaubunagungamaug * Bates Point, in Victoria Land, Antarctica * Bates Pond (Carver, Massachusetts), Twenty-acre pond * Bates State Park, in Grant County, Oregon * Bates Township, Michigan, in Iron County People * Bates (surname), a common surname * Bates family, a banking family in the United States and the United Kingdom * Bates Gill (born 1959), American political scientist * Bates Lowry (1923–2004), American art historian Organizations Colleges and universities * Bates College, a liberal arts college founde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bates Family
The Bates family is an American political and banking family from Maine and Massachusetts whose members include a member of the Hell Fire Club, the 26th U.S. Attorney General serving under Abraham Lincoln, the second Governor of Missouri, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Arkansas, and a textile tycoon who founded the Bates Manufacturing Company and Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. The family includes various merchants, politicians, inventors, clergymen, artists, and socialites. The family is related to the political Gilbert family and indirectly to the Alden family, the first family on the Mayflower. History Early prominence The Bates family traces its early origins to the Welsh Marcher Lords noble family Mortimer which was of Norman descent and connected to Henry Bate of Mechelen from their Norman roots. The family then spread from their ancestral Welsh seat at Gyrn Castle to Lydd in Kent, England. They have lived there since at least the 13th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 eventually built his company into the world's fourth largest agency group and expanded his business for 26 years without losing a single client. Ted Bates’ empire launched in Asia in the early 1960s after acquiring a stake in Cathay Advertising from George Patterson, an Australian advertising executive. Cathay Advertising was an agency founded in 1946 to service the advertising needs of the Cathay Group in Hong Kong and Singapore. It was used by Bates as a vehicle to drive expansion in the region so that by the late 1960s Ted Bates Inc. was already operating in Manila, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Hong Kong. In February 2013, Bates partnered with CHI & Partners (Simon Clemmow, Johnny Hornby & Charles Inge), the UK's most awarded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bates Township, Michigan
Bates Township is a civil township of Iron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 1,021, though in 2020 its population was 925. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ..., the township has a total area of , of which is land and (4.49%) is water. References {{authority control Townships in Iron County, Michigan Townships in Michigan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 nearby Bates College. Currently, the mill buildings are home to several new businesses, apartments, and a small museum. Maine Governor John Hubbard signed the incorporation act on August 16, 1850 and Mill #1 was completed in 1852. Bates built the mill in Lewiston due to its location at Lewiston Falls, which initially provided power to the mill. History Benjamin Bates, a Boston entrepreneur, founded the textile mill in 1850 with several co-investors in the Bates Manufacturing Company. Maine Governor John Hubbard signed the incorporation act on August 16, 1850 and Mill #1 was completed in 1852. Bates built the mill in Lewiston due to its location at Lewiston Falls, which initially provided power to the mill. The Mill was operated by wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bates, Arkansas
Bates is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas, Scott County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location or nearest community of Bates School (Bates, Arkansas), Bates School, at 1074 Bates School Rd., which is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. History Settlers appeared in the area in the late 1820s, with the eponym, Thompson G. Bates Sr., arriving in the 1840s. The Bates post office began in 1902 soon after the railroad was extended to that point. The town of Bates and Bates School District were established in 1907. References Unincorporated communities in Scott County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas Northwest Arkansas {{ScottCountyAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 institutions throughout its history. Cobb was part of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, United States from 1870 until 1908 when it merged with the college's Religion Department. The school created one of the first models for a Bible school in the United States. The school had a close relationship with the University of Chicago with many Baptist theology students and faculty going back and forth between the schools. History The divinity school was founded by the Free Will Baptists in Parsonsfield, Maine in 1840 as a library department and graduate bible school of the Parsonsfield Seminary with Moses Smart serving as the first leader of the school. From 1842 to 1844, the divinity school was located in Dracut, Massachusetts. In 1844, the divinity s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bates Motel (other)
Bates Motel may refer to: Structures * Bates Motel, location in Robert Bloch's novel '' Psycho'' * Bates Motel, location in the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film '' Psycho'' * ''Bates Motel'', attraction in the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park * ''Bates Motel'', Universal Studios Florida, see list of former Universal Studios Florida attractions Titled works * ''Bates Motel'' (film) (1987) * ''Bates Motel'' (TV series) starring Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore (2013–17) Other * Bates Motel, musical group, predecessor of Gleaming Spires * Bates Motel (horse) (1979–2004), racehorse See also {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bates House (other)
Bates House may refer to: ;in Canada * Bate-Fenton House, Sandy Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, also called ''Bate's House'' ;in the United States * Daisy Bates House, Little Rock, Arkansas, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * Sherman Bates House, Hardy, Arkansas, NRHP-listed * Sherman and Merlene Bates House, Hardy, Arkansas, NRHP-listed in Sharp County, Arkansas * Bates-Hendricks House, Indianapolis, Indiana, NRHP-listed * Elbert-Bates House, Albia, Iowa, NRHP-listed in Monroe County, Iowa * Bates House (Bedford, Kentucky), NRHP-listed * Bates Log House, Lexington, Kentucky, NRHP-listed * David Back Log House and Farm, Letcher County, Kentucky, NRHP-listed * Levin Bates House, Buechel, LaFayette County, Kentucky, NRHP-listed * Judge Bates House, Houston, Mississippi, NRHP-listed * Bates-Geers House, near Plato, Missouri, NRHP-listed in Texas County, Missouri * Cyrus Bates House, Henderson, Jefferson County, New York, NRHP-listed in Jefferson County, New York * Rufus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marconi Electronic Systems
Marconi Electronic Systems Limited (MES), or GEC-Marconi as it was until 1998, was the defence arm of General Electric Company (GEC). It was split off from GEC and bought by British Aerospace (BAe) on 30 November 1999 to form BAE Systems. GEC then renamed itself Marconi plc. MES exists today as BAE Systems Electronics Limited, a subsidiary of BAE Systems, but the assets were rearranged elsewhere within that company. MES-related businesses include BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, BAE Systems Surface Ships, BAE Systems Insyte and Selex ES (now a part of Leonardo). History The Marconi Company had been formed by Guglielmo Marconi in 1897 in Britain, originally under the name of The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company. Following GEC's acquisition of Marconi as part of English Electric in 1968, the Marconi brand was used for its defence businesses, e.g. Marconi Space & Defence Systems (MSDS), Marconi Underwater Systems Ltd (MUSL). When it was bought by General Electric, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Puppies, Chaco, and Merrell. The company also manufactures licensed footwear for other firms, such as Caterpillar and Harley-Davidson. In 2012, Wolverine World Wide added Saucony, Keds, Stride Rite and Sperry Top-Sider to its list of brands, after acquiring the Performance Lifestyle Group of Collective Brands in a $1.23 billion transaction that also involved the sale of Payless ShoeSource and Collective Licensing International to private equity firms Blum Capital Partners and Golden Gate Capital. History Founding and early years Fredrick Hirth and G. A. Krause founded the company in 1883. Hirth and Krause bought a small leather shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, starting with a capital investment of $2,900. In 1901, they bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bates
__NOTOC__ The Bates were a German Punk rock, 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 (1960 film), Psycho''. The Bates were mainly known for their cover versions of songs made famous by other artists. On each of their albums they published at least two such cover songs alongside original compositions. Because the cover versions were particularly well received, The Bates released the album ''2nd Skin'' (2000), which featured cover versions of songs taken from various genres. The Beatles ("Helter Skelter (song), Helter Skelter"), Rolling Stones ("Out of Time (Rolling Stones song), Out of Time"), The Cure ("Wailing Wall"), Sailor (band), Sailor ("Glass of Champagne"), Aneka ("Japanese Boy"), and Eiffel 65 ("Blue (Da Ba Dee), Blue") were covered in the album in typical Bates style. Amongst the Bates' most commercially successful Single (music), singles was their cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bates Numbering
Bates numbering (also known as Bates stamping, Bates branding, Bates coding or Bates labeling) is a method of sequentially Pagination, numbering pages with a reference number. A hand-operated Bates numbering device is used to "stamp" a number on a page, and the numbers will automatically advance after each stamping. Bates numbering is used in the legal, medical, and business fields to place one or more of identifying numbers, date and time marks on images and documents as they are scanned or processed, for example, during the Discovery (law), discovery stage of preparations for trial or identifying business receipts. Bates stamping can be used to mark and identify images with copyrights by putting a company name, logo, and/or legal copyright on them. This process provides identification, protection, and automatic consecutive numbering of the pages. History The Bates Automatic Numbering-Machine or Bates stamper is named after the inventor Edwin G. Bates, Edwin Granville Bates of Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
