# Mr. James Bates — Gulliver’s Travels character guide

> Mr. James Bates in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Bates, Bates

**First appearance:** 0002-gulliver-s-travels

## Who they are

Gulliver's master and mentor in surgery in London.

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