Bates, Joah 8.mar.1740-8.jun.1799 England Yorkshire, Halifax - London Holborn
organist, 8.mar.1740 baptized as son of innkeeper and Halifax parish clerk Henry Bates at St John the Baptist in Halifax, 4.may.1760 matriculated, 1764 BA and 1767 MA from King's College Cambridge, 1776-1793 conductor of the Concerts of Ancient Music in London ; 21.dec.1780 he married his pupil soprano Sarah Harrop (c1755-11.dec.1811 London)