| Authorised form of name | Bates; Thomas (- c 1760) |
| Dates | - c 1760 |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Activity | Career:
Naval surgeon, practising in the Mediterranean area for five years; suggested a programme of slaughter which prevented the spread of an outbreak of cattle plague (1714); Surgeon to the Royal Household
Freemason, member of Lodge No 20 at Dolphin, Tower Street, Seven Dials, London in 1723 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/12/1718 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Masons' Library and Museum of Freemasonr, 2010 page 8 |
| Code | NA968 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| CLP/6/63 | Paper, 'A phylosophical discourse concerning hydrostaticks' by Thomas Bates | 26 July 1709 |