# 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.

## Relationships

### [Lemuel Gulliver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/lemuel_gulliver)

_professional_

Mr. James Bates is Gulliver's former master and a surgeon in London who helps establish Gulliver's early medical career.

## In the story

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i)

Gulliver's master and mentor, an eminent surgeon in London who apprentices Gulliver and later recommends him for a ship surgeon position.

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/xi)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iii)

Not present in this chapter.

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