Benjamin E. Bates
American businessman (1808-1878) · United States · On the map · Investors · Died at 69
Benjamin Edward Bates was an American rail industrialist, textile tycoon, and philanthropist prominent in New England. His financial support and patronage of the Maine State Seminary with Oren Burbank Cheney led to his namesake Bates College being established in Lewiston, Maine in 1855.
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The Bates Mill was a dominant economic driver of the city for over a century as industrialization swept the region.
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Country
United States
Category
Investors
Type
Investor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1808 to 1878 · aged 69
