Arthur Irving Gates

Arthur Irving Gates (22 September 1890 – 24 August 1972) was an American educationist who specialized in educational psychology.

He wrote several books and papers on remedial education, testing, and reading; and served as a professor in Columbia University.

Gates was born in Red Wing, Minnesota to William P. and Lenore Gaylord (who had a son from an earlier marriage).

He spent a few years of graduate studies and then moved to Columbia University where he obtained his doctoral degree in 1917 and then joined as a teaching fellow.

Some of his students included Ruth Strang, Margaret Mead, Dorothy Van Alstyne, Guy L. Bond, and David H.