Bates may refer to:

Places

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 ...

, 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 Bates County is a County (United States), county located in the west central part of the U.S. state of Missouri, two counties south of the Missouri River and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 202 ...

, 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 Bates College () is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. Anchored by the Historic Quad, the campus of Bates totals with a small urban campus which includes 33 Victorian ...

, a liberal arts college founded in 1855 in Lewiston, Maine *

Bates Technical College Bates Technical College is a public technical college in Tacoma, Washington. The college offers Associate of Applied Science degrees, academic certificates, and industry certifications. Bates is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Col ...

, a technical college founded in 1940 in Tacoma, Washington * Bates Theological Seminary, also known as Cobb Divinity School

Companies and industries

* Bates 141, an advertising agency renamed Bates in 2011 * Bates Mill, a factory founded 1854 in Lewiston, Maine, producing textiles, also the site of an industrial park

Transportation and vehicles

* BATES, an acronym for BAllistic Test and Evaluation System *

Bates (automobile) The Bates was an automobile manufactured in Lansing, Michigan, by the Bates Automobile Company from 1903 to 1905. The Bates was the brainchild of M.F. Bates, who was vice-president of the company. History Bates Automobile was organized on May ...

, an automobile manufactured by the Bates Automobile Company * Bates Monoplane, a pioneering aircraft built by Carl Sterling Bates in 1911

Other

Bates method The Bates method is an ineffective and potentially dangerous alternative medicine, alternative therapy aimed at improving visual acuity, eyesight. Eye-care physician William Bates (physician), William Horatio Bates (1860–1931) held the err ...

, a method of vision improvement *

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 number system for standardized document identification used in the legal, medical, and business fields *

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 ma ...

, a German punk band * Bates Uniform Footwear, a brand of footwear owned by

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 ...

* Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System (BATES), a force-multiplier computer system procured for the British Army from

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 ...