Bate

Bate is the surname of the following persons:

Anthony Bate (1927-2012), British actor
Charles Spence Bate (1819-1889), British zoologist and dentist
Dorothea Bate (1878-1951), British zoologist and paleontologist
Henry Bate of Malines ( 1246 - after 1310), philosopher, translator, and astronomer
Jonathan Bate (born 1958 ), British Anglist, philologist, and university professor
Richard Bate ( born 1938 ), British rower
Stanley Bate (1911-1959), English composer
William B. Bate (1826-1905), U.S. Senator, Governor of Tennessee and General of the Confederate States of America

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