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Born in Worchester, Massachusetts, Burton Noble Gates (1881-1972) was educated at Clark University in Worchester from 1901 to 1909, where he received his Ph.D. During his time at Clark University, Dr. Gates lectured on Apiculture at the Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst, where he became Associate Professor in 1910. During this time he was also a Collaborator for the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Entomology (1907-1910, 1917-1918) and was also the Apiarist at the Massachusetts Agricultural College’s Experiment Station (1910-1918). Dr. Gates also earned national renown as the President of the National Beekeepers Association (1913) and was the first State Inspector of Apiaries for Massachusetts. In 1912, Dr. Gates taught a brief course in Apiculture at the Ontario Agricultural College (now the University of Guelph). He returned to Guelph in 1918 after being appointed professor of Apiculture at the O.A.C., as well as the Ontario Provincial Apiarist, the Secretary-Treasurer of the Ontario Beekeepers Association, and the Honourary President of the Apiculture Club. He retained his position at the O.A.C. until 1919, when he resigned.
Dr. Gates was well known for his achievements in the field of Apiculture. In 1914 and 1916 he was awarded medals in Philadelphia and New York by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He held two fellowships, one from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and another from the American Association of Economic Entomologists. Dr. Gates was also responsible for creating the detailed classification of "Apicultural Literature" for the Dewey Decimal System.