BIOGRAPHICAL 



John Seaman Bates was born at Woodstock, Ontario, 

 on June 9th, 1888. He entered Acadia University, 

 Wolfville, N.S., in the fall of 1904, and was graduated 

 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in June, 1908. 

 During the two years, 1907-1909, he acted as Demon- 

 strator in Chemistry at Acadia University and in June 

 1909 received the degree of Bachelor of Science. In 

 the fall of 1909 he entered Columbia University with 

 advanced standing in the Chemical Engineering course. 

 After September, 1911, the work leading to the degree 

 of Doctor of Philosophy was carried on jointly with 

 the work in Applied Science. From February, 1910, to 

 June, 1911, he held the J. Pierpont Morgan scholarship 

 in Applied Science. During the year 1910-11 he acted 

 as Assistant in Quantitative Analysis, and during the 

 following year held a similar position in Industrial 

 Chemistry. In the spring of 1912 he was appointed 

 Samuel Anthony Goldschmidt Fellow in Chemistry. 

 In February he was graduated from the Schools of 

 Mines, Engineering and Chemistry with the degree of 

 Chemical Engineer. 



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