Clark, John Bates (1847-1938)

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Employer and Employee, August 25, 1902

Hamilton Holt, Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews, & Frederick Lynch to Jane Addams, July 23, 1915

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, March 7, 1918

Salmon Oliver Levinson to Jane Addams, December 6, 1918

Announcement, Association pour la Sauvegarde du Droit es Gens, 1915

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Birth Date

1847-01-26

Death Date

1938-03-21

Birthplace

Providence, RI

Biographical Text

John Clark Bates was an American economist. He attended Brown University and Amherst College, later studying in Heidelberg, Germany, and Zürich, Switzerland. He then taught at Carleton, Smith, and Amherst colleges, as well as Columbia University. He was one of the founders of the American Economist Association, serving as its president from 1893 to 1895. Bates also published several books including Philosophy of Wealth and the Distribution of Wealth.

Bates was married to Myra Almeda Smith. They had three children together. Bates died in 1938.

Occupation

Economist

Professor

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Photograph from Britannica

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

Uprety, Utkarsh

Lichon, Sara Catherine

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Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1902

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“Clark, John Bates (1847-1938),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed December 10, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2425.