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Encyclopedia > David Bates (poet)

David Bates (March 6, 1809 - January 25, 1870) was an American poet.


He was born in Indian Hill, Ohio and educated in Buffalo before working in first Indianapolis then Philadelphia. In 1849 he poublished a volume of poetry, Eolian.


Among his best known works are Speak Gently (parodied by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Childing and Childhood.


External links

  • The text of 'Speak Gently' (http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem132.html)
  • The text of 'Childing' (http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem130.html)
  • The text of 'Childhood' (http://eir.library.utoronto.ca/rpo/display/poem131.html)

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David Bates (March 6 1809 - January 25 1870) was an American poet.
He was born in Indian Hill, Ohio and educated in Buffalo before working in first Indianapolis then Philadelphia.
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Usually taken in the first or second year at Bates, this course immerses you in mathematics and gives you a broad exposure to the types of thinking and subject matter of the more advanced major courses.
The abstract field of p adic analysis, which is an important tool in number theory, was the topic for a fourth, while understanding the shapes that "minimal surfaces," such as soap bubbles, would assume in different geometries was the subject of another.
David Haines specializes in algebra, logic, and programming languages and is an avid ornithologist, who has helped students learn about birds both on campus and in the tropical rain forest.
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